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. 2017 Jul 24;5:190. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00190

Table 1.

Commonly used abbreviations and definitions.

Term Abbreviation Definition
Overfat Excess body fat that can impair health
Body fat percentage BFP Total% body fat vs. lean mass
Body mass index BMI Weight in kilograms divided by height in square meters
Metabolically obese normal weight MONW Normal-weight overfat with cardiometabolic dysfunction
Normal weight obese NWO Normal weight overfat with cardiometabolic dysfunction
Metabolically healthy obese MHO Overfat with little/no measurable health risk
Waist circumference WC Measure of waist in centimeters
Waist-to-height ratio WHtR Ratio of waist-to-height in centimeters