Waist-to-height ratio detects fat obesity in children and adolescents

Waist-to-height ratio detects fat obesity in children and adolescents significantly better than BMI: An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected excess fat mass and distinguished fat mass from muscle mass in children and adolescents more accurately than BMI. The study was conducted in collaboration between the University of Bristol in the UK, the University of Exeter in the UK, and the University of Eastern Finland, and the results were published in Pediatric Research. The prevalence of childhood

Waist-to-height ratio detects fat obesity in children and adolescents as seen on The Hippocratic Post.

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