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Usefulness of Neck Circumference, Waist-to-Height Ratio and Waist-to-Hip Ratio in Predicting Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Saudi Population Without Type 2 Diabetes. [PDF]

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Alqahtani S   +8 more
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Abstract Supplement HIV Glasgow 8–11 November 2026, Glasgow, UK/Virtual

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Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 29, Issue S6, November 2026.
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Preferred Waist-to-Hip Ratio and Ecology

Personality and Individual Differences, 2001
Female waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is widely cited by evolutionary psychologists as an example of an evolved male preference. Although many studies have found men prefer a low WHR, almost all have been conducted with college students. We tested men in a foraging society and found that they preferred high WHRs. We interpret this as a preference for heavier
Frank W. Marlowe
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Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio as indicators of abdominal obesity

International Journal of Life Science Research Archive, 2022
Obesity is linked to various gynaecological conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and leads to metabolic syndrome. Early diagnosis of visceral obesity would help control the occurrence and progression of these diseases The aim of the study was to compare waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio with body mass index (BMI) as indicators of ...
null Neha Singh   +5 more
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Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Hip Ratio Are Related to Gestational Glucose Tolerance

Diabetes Care, 1997
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship of central fat distribution with gestational glucose tolerance during the usual time for screening gestational diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This cross-sectional study investigated 1,113 ...
L, Branchtein   +5 more
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Vision and Waist-to-Hip Ratio

2014
The pelvis plays a central role in the human mating process. Sexual arousal also starts by the pelvic contours, in fact by the waist-to-hip ratio. Men determine the fitness of a female by this ratio. Added visual information of the face strengthens the pelvic sexual arousal. The waist-to-hip ratio is codetermined by buttock fat and muscles. The buttock
Enrico Marani, Wijnand F.R.M. Koch
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Waist-to-hip ratios of Jomon figurines

Antiquity, 2007
The authors show that the Jomon clay figurines made by hunter-gatherers use imagery that emphasises a narrow waist and full hips, showing that a female construct was part of the symbolism of these possibly shamanistic objects. In creating these figurines, prehistoric people were no doubt turning a recognition of health and fertility into more cultural ...
Mark J. Hudson, Mami Aoyama
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Predictive ability of waist-to-hip-ratio and waist-to-height-ratio in relation to overweight/obesity in adolescents from Vojvodina (the Republic of Serbia) predictive ability of waist-to-hip-ratio and waist-to-height-ratio : Predictive Ability of Waist-to

Progress in Nutrition, 2019
Introduction/Aim Overweight in childhood is a risk factor for later diseases in adulthood. It is necessary to identify thresholds for anthropometric indexes for assessing obesity. The aim of our study was to explore the accuracy of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and for the first time proposes the optimal thresholds of these ...
Rakić, Rada   +3 more
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Commentary on cellulite: skin mechanobiology and the waist‐to‐hip ratio

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2005
SummaryCellulite is a gender‐related condition which is the clinical expression of conformational changes taking place in the fibrous strands partitioning the hypodermis. The affected skin areas are those where fat deposition is under the influence of estrogens. Some hypodermal fibrous strands become enlarged and others become loose and look similar to
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