Cardio-metabolic and socio-environmental correlates of waist-to-height ratio in German primary schoolchildren: a cross-sectional exploration

BACKGROUND: Controversial messages of childhood obesity emerge: Levelling off in terms of body mass index (BMI) is foiled by increases in abdominal obesity. Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) may be used as a screening tool for abdominal obesity in children. The aim of this study was to investigate clinic...

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Autores principales: Vorwieger, Eva, Kelso, Anne, Steinacker, Jürgen Michael, Kesztyüs, Dorothea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5824571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29475449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5174-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5824571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29475449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5174-6

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