TY - JOUR AU - Belarmino, Giliane AU - Torrinhas, Raquel S. AU - Sala, Priscila AU - Horie, Lilian M. AU - Damiani, Lucas AU - Lopes, Natalia C. AU - Heymsfield, Steven B. AU - Waitzberg, Dan L. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/01 TI - A new anthropometric index for body fat estimation in patients with severe obesity JO - BMC Obesity SP - 25 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - Body mass index (BMI) has been used to assess body adiposity, but it cannot adequately reflect body fat (BF) amount. The body adiposity index (BAI) has been shown a better performance than BMI for this purpose, but it can be inaccurate to estimate BF under extreme amounts of fat. Here, we propose a new anthropometric index, the Belarmino–Waitzberg (BeW) index, for specific estimation of BF in severely obese patients. SN - 2052-9538 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40608-018-0202-8 DO - 10.1186/s40608-018-0202-8 ID - Belarmino2018 ER -