Waist Circumference is a Better Predictor of Obesity-related Health Risk than Body Mass Index in the Chinese Including Children
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 98 (1) , 124
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.smj.0000146586.19008.e8
Abstract
Among the five anthropometric indices for diagnosing obesity—body mass index (BMI), percent body fat, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-stature ratio—the most commonly used index around the world is BMI.1 Recently, Ng and Lai2 introduced another index, weight-length index, to be used together with BMI to define childhood obesity in Chinese in Taiwan. However,...Keywords
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