Preface                                            vii
    Body Mass Index: From Quetelet to              1  (12)
    Evidence-Based Medicine
          Giorgio Bedogni
          Claudio Tiribelli
          Stefano Bellentani
    Health Outcomes of Child, Adolescent and       13 (32)
    Adult Obesity: A Review of the Research
          Ray Marks
          John P. Allegrante
    Fetal Growth Pattern and Body Composition      45 (20)
          Chiara Riviello
          Elena Parretti
          Filippo Tondi
          Giorgio Mello
    BMI at Younger Ages and Health-Related         65 (26)
    Quality of Life in Older Age
          Martha L. Daviglus
          Amber Pirzada
          Lijing L. Yan
    BMI and its Relation to Body Composition,      91 (26)
    Adolescence and Ethnicity: General
    Considerations
          M. A Sampei
          D. M. Sigulem
    Dietary and Lifestyle Practices of Normal      117(24)
    Weight and Overweight U.S. Adults
          Shanthy A. Bowman
    Genetics of Obesity: Current Understanding     141(26)
    and Future Prospects
          Yong-Jun Liu
          Robert R. Recker
          Hong-Wen Deng
    BMI Between Certain and Uncertain: Critical    167(14)
    Evaluation
          Brunella Guida
    Application of Body Composition Assessment     181(28)
    to the Association Between Obesity and Knee
    Osteoarthritis
          Neil A. Segal
          Yoshitaka Toda
    Physiological Issues Relating to Resistive     209(16)
    Force Selection during High Intensity Cycle
    Ergometer Exercise in Athletic, Healthy and
    Special Populations: Body Composition or
    Body Mass?
          J. S. Baker
          B. Davies
    Body Mass Index (BMI): Has It Got a Pivot      225(16)
    Role in Auxology?
          K. E. Elizabeth
          Roy George Jacob
Index                                              241