Practical Diabetes on X: Researchers have found that waist circumference-to-height-ratio is a better indicator of obesity than BMI in children. It's accessible, cheap, and better discriminates lean mass from fat 👏 @
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Waist-circumference-to-height-ratio had better longitudinal agreement with DEXA-measured fat mass than BMI in 7237 children
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Frontiers Assessing temporal differences of baseline body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-height ratio in predicting future diabetes
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Frontiers Assessing temporal differences of baseline body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-height ratio in predicting future diabetes
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Frontiers Assessing temporal differences of baseline body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-height ratio in predicting future diabetes
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Frontiers Waist-corrected BMI predicts incident diabetes mellitus in a population-based observational cohort study
Long-Term Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes and Measures of Overall and Regional Obesity: The EPIC-InterAct Case-Cohort Study
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Frontiers Waist-corrected BMI predicts incident diabetes mellitus in a population-based observational cohort study
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A systematic review of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for the prediction of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: 0·5 could be a suitable global boundary value, Nutrition Research Reviews
Long-Term Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes and Measures of Overall and Regional Obesity: The EPIC-InterAct Case-Cohort Study
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Frontiers Waist-corrected BMI predicts incident diabetes mellitus in a population-based observational cohort study
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Special Considerations Relevant to Pediatric Obesity - Endotext - NCBI Bookshelf
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Waist circumference as a vital sign in clinical practice: a Consensus Statement from the IAS and ICCR Working Group on Visceral Obesity
Long-Term Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes and Measures of Overall and Regional Obesity: The EPIC-InterAct Case-Cohort Study