Blar i forfatter Doktorgradsavhandlinger (Helsefak) "Lundblad, Marie Wasmuth"
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The obesity epidemic; population levels of visceral adipose tissue and trends in body composition. Insights from The Tromsø Study
Lundblad, Marie Wasmuth (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2021-12-09)<p><i>Background:</i> Simultaneously with the growing obesity epidemic, cardiometabolic risk have decreased in high-income countries. Do the most frequently used general and abdominal obesity measures (BMI and waist circumference) fail to represent actual obesity and obesity-related health risk? <p><i>Aims:</i> 1) present reference- and threshold values for DXA-derived visceral adipose tissue (VAT) ...