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Article: Waist circumference is a better predictor of Obesity-related health risk than body mass index in the Chinese including children.(Letter to the Editor)
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- Southern Medical Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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To the Editor: Among the five anthropometric indices for diagnosing obesity--body mass index (BMI), percent body fat, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-stature ratio--the most commonly used index around the world is BMI. (1) Recently, Ng and Lai (2) introduced another index, weight-length index, to be used together with BMI to define childhood obesity in Chinese in Taiwan. However, measurement of WC as a preferable determinant of cardiovascular and metabolic risks is increasingly gaining popularity in recent years. That WC is indeed a better index than BMI as a measure of obesity among the Chinese has been recently reported in both Chinese men, (3) women ...
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