Indexing adult obesity by waist-to-height and weight-to-height ratios
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optimal cut-off points of weight for height, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio for defining overweight and obesity in thai school-aged children
background: the body mass index (bmi) is widely used to diagnose overweight and obesity. however, there are limitations on the use of bmi and development of alternative measures can be of clinical importance. this study aimed to compare specificity and sensitivity of weight for height (w/h), waist circumference (wc) and waist-to-height ratio (whtr) with bmi-for-age in diagnosing overweight and ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2377-939X,2377-9381
DOI: 10.5430/jbei.v3n2p20