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. 2016 Oct 25;40(12):1906–1914. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2016.176

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Derived BMI cut-offs for overweight and obese in Mauritian Indians and Creoles compared with the WHO (Caucasian-based) BMI cut-offs of 25 and 30 kg m⁻² for overweight and obese using the two Caucasian-based equations for fat% prediction from BMI, namely Gallagher et al.¹⁸ and Deurenberg et al.¹⁶ equations, and labeled as G and D, respectively.