Relationship of masked obesity to self-reported lifestyle habits, ideal body image, and anthropometric measures in Japanese university students: A cross-sectional study

<h4>Introduction</h4> Masked obesity (MO) is defined as a normal body mass index (BMI) with a high body fat percentage (%BF), and is associated with the onset of lifestyle-related diseases. However, little is known about the current status of MO. Therefore, we investigated the relationsh...

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Main Authors: Kaito Yamashiro, Naho Yamaguchi, Kazunori Sagawa, Shigeharu Tanei, Fumihiko Ogata, Takehiro Nakamura, Naohito Kawasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9943004/?tool=EBI