A Dialogue Between Sumire and the Master on Waist Circumference and Health — The Truth About Risks Revealed by Numbers

A Dialogue Between Sumire and the Master on Waist Circumference and Health — The Truth About Risks Revealed by ...
Medscape

Physicians Should Measure Waist Circumference

Nov. 7, 2003 — Enlarged waist circumference is associated with a syndrome of lipid overaccumulation and increased mortality, according to the results of a cross-sectional study published in the ...
Nature

Is waist circumference a useful measure in predicting health outcomes in the elderly?

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of age on the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), and the usefulness of BMI, WC and waist–hip ratio (WHR) in predicting mortality ...
Medical Xpress

Midway waist circumference better than iliac crest measure

(HealthDay)—Waist circumference measured midway (WC-mid) between the lowest ribs and the iliac crest better defines risks associated with central obesity than does waist circumference measured at the ...
Nature

Novel noninvasive anthropometric measure in preterm and full-term infants: normative values for waist circumference:length ratio at birth

Waist circumference:length ratio (WLR) and ponderal index (PI) appear to be useful markers of visceral and total adiposity, respectively. However, there are no normative birth data across the full ...