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Secular increases in waist–hip ratio among Swedish women

International Journal of Obesity, 1998
Secular increases in obesity have been documented in numerous populations. However, little is known about trends in fat distribution. Because men and women with elevated waist-hip ratios (WHR) constitute a high cardiovascular risk group, it is relevant to document secular changes in WHR.
L, Lissner, C, Björkelund, B L, Heitmann, L, Lapidus, P, Björntorp, C, Bengtsson   +5 more
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Cross-cultural consensus for waist–hip ratio and women's attractiveness

Evolution and Human Behavior, 2010
In women of reproductive age, a gynoid body fat distribution as measured by the size of waist-hip ratio (WHR) is a reliable indicator of their sex hormone profile, greater success in pregnancy and less risk for major diseases. According to evolutionary mate selection theory, such indicators of health and fertility should be judged as attractive ...
Singh, Devendra, Dixson, B. J., Jessop, T. S., Morgan, B., Dixson, A. F.   +4 more
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Waist-hip ratio is a poor predictor of changes in visceral fat

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1993
Magnetic resonance imaging was used to study the effect of weight loss on three fat depots: the visceral and subcutaneous abdominal depots and the subcutaneous depot at trochanter level. Changes in fat depots were compared with changes in circumference measures and the waist-hip ratio (WHR) in obese men (n = 38) and women (n = 40). Mean weight loss was
van der Kooy, K., Leenen, R., Seidell, J.C., Deurenberg, P., Droop, A., Bakker, C.J.G.   +5 more
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Obesity, waist-hip ratio and hunter-gatherers.

BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 2006
Obesity is a rapidly growing global problem. It is not simply the result of eating too much, and not all types of obesity have the same significance. Obesity is in part genetic, and one particularly important genetic type of obesity is the tendency to 'truncal obesity',-that is, a raised waist-to-hip ratio.
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Neck circumference is as good an indicator of obesity as waist hip ratio

International Journal of Science and Technology Research Archive, 2022
Introduction: BMI (Body mass index), Waist Hip ratio (WHR) and even body fat percentage (BF %) or fat mass are indicators that are commonly used for assessment and grading of obesity. Of late researchers are exploring the possibility of using neck circumference as another indicator of obesity. Neck circumference (NC) is found in many studies to reflect
null John A. Lyngdoh, null Rituparna Barooah, null Julie B. Wahlang, null Donboklang Lynser, null Kyrshanlang G Lynrah   +4 more
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