Asians are different from Caucasians and from each other in their body mass index/body fat per cent relationship

By P. Deurenberg, M. Deurenberg-Yap, S. Guricci. Obesity Reviews, 2002

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The worldwide epidemiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus—present and future perspectives (2012, background): “Asian individuals are more likely to have a higher fat percentag”
Prevalence of Childhood and Adult Obesity in the United States, 2011–2012 (2014, neutral): “22 Risk of morbidity and mortality may not be completely captured by BMI.”
Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults and Youth: United States, 2011-2014. (2015, background): “BMI does not measure body fat directly, and the relationship between BMI and body fat varies by sex, age, and race and Hispanic origin (4,5).”
Obesity and the metabolic syndrome in developing countries. (2008, background): “High percentage of body fat with low BMI value could be partly explained by body build (trunk to leg length ratio and slender body frame), muscularity, adaptation to chronic calorie deprivation, and ethnicity (75).”
Prevalence of Obesity and Severe Obesity Among Adults: United States, 2017-2018. (2020, background): “The relationship between BMI and body fat depends on body composition and varies by sex, age, and race and Hispanic origin (7,8).”
Pathophysiology of human visceral obesity: an update. (2013, background): “In Asian populations, a higher body fat content was reported at lower BMI values compared with Caucasians (119).”