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Estimation of percentage body fat in 6- to 13-year-old children by skinfold thickness, body mass index and waist circumference [PDF]

, 2017
We evaluated the accuracy of skinfold thicknesses, BMI and waist circumference for the prediction of percentage body fat (PBF) in a representative sample of 372 Swiss children aged 6-13 years. PBF was measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
Bedogni, Giorgio, Kriemler, Susi, Meyer, Ursina, Puder, Jardena, Roth, Ralf, Zahner, Lukas   +5 more
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Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Hip Ratio in Law Enforcement Agency Recruits: Relationship to Performance in Physical Fitness Tests [PDF]

, 2020
Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) use tests to assess recruit physical fitness. Body fat can influence test performance but is difficult to measure during academy because of time, equipment constraints, and instructor knowledge.
Dawes, J Jay, Dulla, Joseph M, Lockie, Robert G, Orr, Robin M, Ruvalcaba, Tomas R, Stierli, Michael   +5 more
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Predicting waist circumference from body mass index [PDF]

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2012
Abstract Background Being overweight or obese increases risk for cardiometabolic disorders. Although both body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) measure the level of overweight and obesity, WC may be more important because of its closer relationship to total body fat.
Bozeman Samuel R, Hoaglin David C, Burton Tanya M, Pashos Chris L, Ben-Joseph Rami H, Hollenbeak Christopher S   +5 more
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A Comparison between BMI, Waist Circumference, and Waist-To-Height Ratio for Identifying Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents

PLoS ONE, 2016
Background There is controversial evidence on the associations between anthropometric measures with clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in pediatric ages.
L. Sardinha, D. Santos, A. Silva, A. Grøntved, L. Andersen, U. Ekelund   +5 more
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Cut-points for waist circumference in Europids and South Asians

, 2009
There is little strong evidence that currently recommended higher waist circumference cut-points for Europids compared with South Asians are associated with similar risk for type 2 diabetes. This study was designed to provide such evidence.
Adrian J. Cameron, Aekplakorn, Al-Lawati, Alberti, Andrew M. Tonkin, Barnett, Beaglehole, Berber, Beverley Balkau, Boyko, Cameron, Cameron, Cameron, Craig, Dalton, Després, Dowse, Dunstan, Flegal, Foucan, Gus, Hayashi, Huxley, Huxley, Ito, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Jonathan E. Shaw, K. George M.M. Alberti, Ko, Lean, Lin, Misra, Nishimura, Okosun, Okosun, Onat, Park, Paul Z. Zimmet, Perkins, Pierrot Chitson, Pischon, Pouliot, Razak, Richard A. Sicree, Rush, Snehalatha, Stevens, Stevens, Stevens, Stevens, Sánchez-Castillo, Vikram, Wang, Ye, Yoon, Youden   +55 more
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Abdominal Obesity Indicators: Waist Circumference or Waist-to-hip Ratio in Malaysian Adults Population

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2016
Background: Waist circumference (WC) is an accurate and simple measure of abdominal obesity as compared to waist–hip ratio (WHR). The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between body mass index (BMI) with WC and WHR and suggest cutoff ...
Norfazilah Ahmad, S. Adam, A. Nawi, M. R. Hassan, Hasanain Faisal Ghazi   +4 more
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Cross-sectional associations between sleep duration, sedentary time, physical activity, and adiposity indicators among Canadian preschool-aged children using compositional analyses [PDF]

, 2017
Background Sleep duration, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity are three co-dependent behaviours that fall on the movement/non-movement intensity continuum.
AG LeBlanc, AL Adolph, B Day, BW Timmons, C Rich, Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, CE Boeke, CJ Dobbelsteyn, DP Cliff, JNK Rao, KA Pfeiffer, KF Rust, L Matricciani, LL Moore, M Hirshkowitz, M Kang, Mark S. Tremblay, ME Rosenberger, MF Rolland-Cachera, ML Louzada, MP Buman, MS Tremblay, MS Tremblay, MS Tremblay, MS Tremblay, National Institutes of Health, RA Jones, RC Colley, RC Colley, RP Troiano, S Paruthi, Sebastien F. M. Chastin, SF Chastin, SL Wong, SM Williams, Statistics Canada, T Hinkley, V Carson, V Espana-Romero, Valerie Carson, WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group, X Chen, Z Pedisic   +42 more
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Daily variability in waist circumference

Heart, 2010
To the Editor: A recent issue of Heart contained two articles concerning abdominal obesity.1 2 Both describe waist circumference as a proxy measure of central fat distribution, linked to atherothrombotic inflammatory abnormalities seen in the “metabolic syndrome”, associated with adverse cardiovascular events. This “vital sign in clinical cardiology”2
E Pellowe, K Salako, S Snelling, C Urdaibay, C Weston   +4 more
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Dietary determinants of changes in waist circumference adjusted for body mass index - a proxy measure of visceral adiposity [PDF]

, 2010
Background Given the recognized health effects of visceral fat, the understanding of how diet can modulate changes in the phenotype “waist circumference for a given body mass index (WCBMI)”, a proxy measure of visceral adiposity, is deemed necessary ...
A, D.L., van der, Angquist, L., Boeing, H., Feskens, E.J.M., Forouhi, N.G., Halkjaer, J., Huaidong, D.U., Jakobsen, M.U., Masala, G., Overvad, K., Palli, D., Riboli, E., Romaguera, D., Sorensen, T., Steffen, A., Tjonneland, A., Wareham, N.   +16 more
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SVM-based waist circumference estimation using Kinect

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2020
Conventional anthropometric studies using Kinect depth sensors have concentrated on estimating the distances between two points such as height. This paper deals with a novel waist measurement method using SVM regression, further widening spectrum of Kinect's potential applications.
Dasom, Seo, Euncheol, Kang, Yu-Mi, Kim, Sun-Young, Kim, Il-Seok, Oh, Min-Gul, Kim   +5 more
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