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Waist Circumference : A Reliable Anthropometric Measure of Obesity

Journal of Marine Medical Society, 2016
Background: Over the past few decades there has been a dramatic rise in the prevalence of obesity throughout the world Waist circumference has been found to be positively correlated with intra-abdominalfat content and can be used to predict risk of ...
Saurabh Bobdey, Rajesh Batlish, Ashwani Upadhyay, Ranjan Sarkar   +3 more
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Progression of waist–hip circumference ratio in full-term symmetric and asymmetric small for gestational age infants

International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases, 2018
Background: Children born as small for gestational age (SGA) tend to develop central adiposity and may have chances of developing metabolic syndrome. Waist–hip circumference ratio (WHR) is considered as a good indicator of central/truncal obesity.
Harvinder Kaur, Anil Kumar Bhalla, Praveen Kumar   +2 more
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Managing the risk of iatrogenic transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the UK.

, 2014
BACKGROUND: With the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in the UK, there is concern about iatrogenic transmission, and the approach to managing this risk is unique.
CJD Incidents Panel, Hall, V, Connor, N, Gill, ON, Nacul, L, Brookes, D   +5 more
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Green space and child weight status : does outcome measurement matter? Evidence from an Australian longitudinal study [PDF]

, 2015
Taren Sanders is supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award. Thomas Astell-Burt is supported by a Fellowship with the National Heart Foundation of Australia.Objective.
Astell-Burt, Thomas (R16977), Feng, Xiaoqi (R17108), Feng, Xiaoqi, Taren Sanders, Fahey, Paul P. (R16945), Paul P. Fahey, Chris Lonsdale, Lonsdale, C., Sanders, T., Lonsdale, Chris, Thomas Astell-Burt, Astell-Burt, Thomas Edward, Sanders, Taren (S31485), Fahey, P.P., Xiaoqi Feng   +14 more
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Abdominal fat accumulation increases the risk of high blood pressure: evidence of 47,037 participants from Chinese and US national population surveys

Nutrition Journal
Aims This study aims to ascertain whether abdominal fat accumulation evaluated by waist circumference increases the risk of hypertension using the nationwide population.
Jin-Yu Sun, Zhenyang Su, Hui Shen, Yang Hua, Wei Sun, Xiang-Qing Kong   +5 more
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Optimal waist circumference cut-off points for predicting metabolic syndrome among low-income black South African adults

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective Waist circumference has been identified as one of the strongest predictive tool for metabolic syndrome. This study determines the optimal cut-off point of waist circumference for metabolic syndrome among low-income earning South African black ...
Eyitayo Omolara Owolabi, Daniel Ter Goon, Oladele Vincent Adeniyi, Anthony Idowu Ajayi   +3 more
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Study on reference value of waist circumference percentile curve and abdominal obesity cutoff points of children and adolescents aged 6–20 in Macao

BMC Public Health
Background To develop a standardized percentile curve of waist circumference and abdominal obesity cutoff points for children and adolescents aged 6 to 20 in Macao, the study established a reference for screening abdominal obesity in this population ...
Lupei Jiang, Aoyu Zhang, Chunjing Tu, Yibo Gao, Jin He, Xiang Pan, Xuehui Zhang, Yanfeng Zhang   +7 more
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Waist-related anthropometric measures: Simple and useful predictors of coronary heart disease in women

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2015
Background: Waist circumference (WC) (abdominal girth), a measure of both subcutaneous and visceral fats, is easily measured and also correlated with body frame size. Waist circumference (WC) and waist–hip ratio (WHR), but not body mass index (BMI), have
Sharanjit Kaur, Anand Sharma, Harinder Jot Singh   +2 more
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Índices antropométricos na detecção do excesso de gordura corporal em crianças (7-10 anos) de Florianópolis-SC [PDF]

, 2011
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Desportos, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Florianópolis, 2011Os índices antropométricos têm sido utilizados como medidas "proxy" da gordura corporal.
Ribeiro, Edineia Aparecida Gomes
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At what age should people with obesity start colorectal cancer screening?

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Early‐onset colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence is rising in the United States, Canada, and parts of Europe, even as rates in older adults stabilize or decline. Excess body weight, which is a known CRC risk factor, is a potential contributor to this trend.
Teresa Seum, Marko Mandic, Fatemeh Safizadeh, Michael Hoffmeister, Hermann Brenner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source