CLASSICS IN OBESITY THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF HEALTHY MEN BODY WEIGHT + VOLUME AS AN INDEX OF OBESITY A. R. Behnke, JK,M.D. Lieutenant Commander, M. C., U.S. Navy B. G. Feen, M.D. Lieutenant, M.C., U.S. Navy AND W C. Welham, M.D. Lieutenant, M.C., U.S. Navy The fundamental biologic determination of corporeal specific gravity, essentially a relationship between weight and unit volume, has been neglected in the modem classification of healthy persons. Stern (1) and Spivak (2) emphasized the value…
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