Waist to Height Ratio Is a Simple and Effective Obesity Screening Tool for Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Analysis of Data from the British National Diet and Nutrition Survey of Adults Aged 19&ndash;64 Years | Zendy

Margaret Ashwell | Zendy; Sigrid Gibson | Zendy

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Waist to Height Ratio Is a Simple and Effective Obesity Screening Tool for Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Analysis of Data from the British National Diet and Nutrition Survey of Adults Aged 19–64 Years

Author(s) -

Margaret Ashwell,

Sigrid Gibson

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

obesity facts

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1662-4033

pISSN - 1662-4025

DOI - 10.1159/000203363

Subject(s) - medicine , waist , waist to height ratio , overweight , obesity , body mass index , demography , national health and nutrition examination survey , environmental health , population , public health , pathology , sociology

To analyse data from the nationally representative National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) collected in 2000/2001 and to investigate how the BMI and two proxy indicators of central fat distribution, namely the waist circumference and the waist to height ratio (WHtR), are associated with each other and with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.

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