OBESIDAD Un problema no tan simple. [Obesity - Not such an easy problem].

Siguiendo a los clásicos, el obeso es el nutrido en exceso. En definitiva, lo más característico del obeso es el exceso de grasa corporal, superior al 33 % en el caso de las mujeres y del 25 % en el de los varones. De tal manera que el diagnóstico más preciso se obtiene de las medidas directas de masa grasa que nos ofrece la densitometría (Direk 2013) u otras técnicas de imagen como la resonancia magnética. Sin embargo, la sencillez y difusión de la ecuación del estadístico del siglo XIX, Lamberto Quetelet, han hecho que en la actualidad, la inmensa mayoría de las instituciones públicas y privadas, encabezadas por la Organización Mundial de la Salud, admitan como referencia (OMS 2015) el Índice de Masa Corporal (IMC). (Leer más / full text PDF)http://dx.doi.org/10.5232/ricyde2015.042ed------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------referencias/referencesAnderson, J.W.; Konz, E.C.; Frederich, R. C.; Wood, C. L. (2010). 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