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Are the recent secular increases in the waist circumference of adults independent of changes in BMI?

Author(s) -

David S. Freedman,

Earl S. Ford

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

american journal of clinical nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1938-3207

pISSN - 0002-9165

DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.114.094672

Subject(s) - waist , circumference , body mass index , demography , medicine , secular variation , waist to height ratio , anthropometry , national health and nutrition examination survey , population , environmental health , mathematics , geometry , sociology

Several studies showed that the waist circumference of US adults has increased over the past 25 y. However, because of the high correlation between waist circumference and body mass index (BMI; in kg/m²) (r ∼ 0.9), it is uncertain if these trends in waist circumference exceed those expected on the basis of BMI changes over this time period.

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