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Nutrition science

fat-free mass divided by height squared, a height-normalized index of lean tissue used to judge nutritional status.

In nutrition science, fat-free mass index refers to fat-free mass divided by height squared, a height-normalized index of lean tissue used to judge nutritional status. This meaning comes from VanItallie (1990) in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.[1]

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VanItallie, T., Yang, M., Heymsfield, S., Funk, R., & Boileau, R. (1990). Height-normalized indices of the body’s fat-free mass and fat mass: potentially useful indicators of nutritional status. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 52(6), 953-959. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/52.6.953

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