World Masters Games swimmers: BMI a help or a hindrance?

Given that incidence of obesity increased in the ABS sample with age and the highest proportions of obese individuals in the general Australian population were within our sample age range, the observed differences between the general Australian population and our sample could in fact be statisticall...

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Published inJournal of science and medicine in sport Vol. 14; pp. e75 - e76
Main Authors Walsh, J, Climstein, M, Heazlewood, I, Adams, K, DeBeliso, M, Burke, S, Kettunen, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Belconnen Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2011
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Age
Athletes
Body mass index
Health risk assessment
Obesity
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Population
Sports Medicine
Swimming
New Zealand
Canada
United Kingdom > UK
Australia
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Summary:Given that incidence of obesity increased in the ABS sample with age and the highest proportions of obese individuals in the general Australian population were within our sample age range, the observed differences between the general Australian population and our sample could in fact be statistically even larger than revealed...
ISSN:1440-2440
1878-1861
DOI:10.1016/j.jsams.2011.11.156