title: Body mass index and percentage body fat as health indicators for young adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the validity of an axiom that body mass index (BMI) and percentage body fat (%BF), above an ideal, are health risk factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 2615 volunteers who participated in a health-screening program conducted in college residence halls over a consecutive 8-year period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nearly half of all participants were misclassified when BMI and/or %BF were used to define better versus poorer health whether analyzing all variables together, by individual factor, or by type of variable.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results of this study indicate that BMI and %BF are poor indicators of health status among young adults.
authors: Brooks Consulting, LLC, Orlando, FL, USA.
authors: Yvonne
authors: Y
authors: Brooks
authors: David R
authors: DR
authors: Black
authors: Daniel C
authors: DC
authors: Coster
authors: Carolyn L
authors: CL
authors: Blue
authors: Doris A
authors: DA
authors: Abood
authors: Randal J
authors: RJ
authors: Gretebeck
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*