Although solid-fuel use or smoking is associated with obesity measured by body mass index (BMI), research on their interactive effects general and central limited. Data of 20,140 individuals in the Henan Rural Cohort Study was examined independent combined associations prevalent obesity, which BMI, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height (WHtR), fat percentage (BFP),...

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects social appearance anxiety adult individuals who applied a private nutrition and diet clinic in Istanbul province on their food choice its relationship with anthropometric measurements.
 Method: Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) including questions participants’ sociodemographic characteristics...

OBJECTIVE To explore the optimal threshold values of waist circumference (WC) in detecting the risk on cardiovascular (CV) among the Chinese children and adolescents. METHODS Association of WC and CV risk factors were studied among 65 898 children and adolescents aged 7 - 18 years whose data were pooled from nine studies carried out in China. Receive-operating characteristic analysis (ROC) an...

Overweight and abdominal obesity increase mortality risk, although the risk may be mediated by traditional cardiac risk factors. The authors assessed the association of baseline measures, change in overall body weight and abdominal obesity (waist circumference), and weight and waist circumference cycling with total mortality among postmenopausal women with known heart disease. They used data fr...

This paper compares body mass index, waist circumference, hip circumference, and waist-hip ratio as risk factors for ischaemic heart disease and stroke in Asia Pacific populations. We undertook a pooled analysis involving six cohort studies (45 988 participants) and used Cox proportional hazards regression to assess the associations of the four anthropometric indices with stroke and ischaemic h...

Many diseases are associated with excess abdominal fat like cardiovascular diseases. Monitoring and controlling led to one of the many factors that can change status a person’s health. Awareness waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) be guide adjusting lifestyle maintaining normal WHtR value. This study developed assessment device automatically calculates value, displays health status, suggests ideal wai...