Waist-to-height ratio as an indicator of ‘early health risk’: simpler and more predictive than using a ‘matrix’ based on BMI and waist circumference

OBJECTIVES: There is now good evidence that central obesity carries more health risks compared with total obesity assessed by body mass index (BMI). It has therefore been suggested that waist circumference (WC), a proxy for central obesity, should be included with BMI in a ‘matrix’ to categorise hea...

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Autores principales: Ashwell, Margaret, Gibson, Sigrid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
Materias:
Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26975935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010159

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26975935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010159

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