Ratio of waist circumference to height may be better indicator of need for weight management
- 10 February 1996
- Vol. 312 (7027) , 377
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7027.377
Abstract
EDITOR,—The metabolic consequences of obesity relate to the accumulation of visceral fat, which is seemingly reflected by the waist circumference. We add our support to the proposal that sex specific action levels based on the waist circumference could be used as a measure for managing weight.1 2 We also suggest that the ratio of waist circumference to height may be a superior measure for women as well as men.3 We took data from the 1992 health survey for England.4 For each person (1411 men and 1481 women aged 30-74) anthropometric measurements …Keywords
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