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Trends in Mean Waist Circumference and Abdominal Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2012

Author(s) -

Earl S. Ford,

L. Michele Maynard,

Chaoyang Li

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2014.8362

Subject(s) - medicine , waist , circumference , abdominal obesity , obesity , waist to height ratio , geometry , mathematics

Waist circumference is a simple and valuable anthropometric measure of total and intra-abdominal body fat.1 The clinical guidelines from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults recommend that clinicians assess waist circumference of their patients.2 Although the prevalence of abdominal obesity has increased in the United States through 2008,3 its trend in recent years is unknown. Therefore, our objective was to provide recent information about the trends in mean waist circumference and prevalence of abdominal obesity among adults in the United States from 1999 to 2012.

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