Changing guards: time to move beyond Body Mass Index for population monitoring of excess adiposity [PDF]
, 2015 With the obesity epidemic, and the effects of aging populations, human phenotypes have changed over two generations, possibly more dramatically than in other species previously.
Combet, Emilie +5 more
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Investigation of Self-Reported Sleep Duration on Waist-to-Height Ratio Measures of Obesity [PDF]
, 2016 Inadequate sleep over time is associated with excess body mass. Data was drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) to examine the effects of sleep duration over time on body adiposity outcomes. Respondents were
Sanchez, Ruth
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Predicting percentage body fat through waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) in Spanish schoolchildren [PDF]
Public Health Nutrition, 2013 AbstractObjectiveTo analyse the association between waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) and body fat and to develop predictive adiposity equations that will simplify the diagnosis of obesity in the paediatric age group.DesignCross-sectional study conducted in Spain during 2007 and 2008.
Md, Marrodán +10 more
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Why is low waist-to-chest ratio attractive in males? The mediating roles of perceived dominance, fitness, and protection ability [PDF]
, 2014 Past research suggests that a lower waist-to-chest ratio (WCR) in men (i.e., narrower waist and broader chest) is viewed as attractive by women. However, little work has directly examined why low WCRs are preferred.
Anthony E. Coy +55 more
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Motives for exercising and associations with body composition in Icelandic adolescents [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of this study is to identify and analyze the motives that lead Icelandic teenagers to engage in physical exercise and the possible associations with variables of their body composition.
Galán López, Pablo, Ries, Francis
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Area-level deprivation and adiposity in children: is the relationship linear? [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVE: It has been suggested that childhood obesity is inversely associated with deprivation, such that the prevalence is higher in more deprived groups.
B Swinburn +50 more
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The association of fasting blood glucose (FBG) and waist circumference in northern adults in Iran: A population based study [PDF]
, 2014 Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG) level and Waist Circumference (WC) in men and women among 25-65 years old people in the north of Iran.Material and methods: This was a cross-sectional ...
Angizeh, A. +9 more
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Perception of neighborhood crime and drugs Increases cardiometabolic risk in Chilean adolescents [PDF]
, 2014 PURPOSE: Studies report an association between neighborhood risk and both obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors (CMR) among adolescents. Here we describe the effect of perceived neighborhood risk on adiposity and CMR among Chilean adolescents ...
Blanco, Estela +6 more
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Correlation between body mass index and waist circumference in Nigerian adults: implication as indicators of health status [PDF]
, 2013 Background. Anthropometric measures have been widely used for body weight classification in humans. Waist circumference has been advanced as a useful parameter for measuring adiposity. This study evaluated the correlation between body mass index (BMI)
Afolabi , Israel Sunmola +7 more
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How Do You Measure Up? BMI versus Waist to Height Ratio
The FASEB Journal, 2018 For many years, clinical screening rationale for issues such as obesity or type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been the body mass index (BMI) calculation. Our research as well as many others show that a more useful measurement of an individual's health and risk for disease is the waist to height ratio (WtHR).
Kasia Smolinski +3 more
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