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A proposal for a primary screening tool: ‘Keep your waist circumference to less than half your height’
BACKGROUND: There is now overwhelming scientific evidence that central obesity, as opposed to total obesity assessed by body mass index (BMI), is associated with the most health risks and that the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a simple proxy for this central fat distribution. This Opinion reviews...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223160/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25377944 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0207-1 |