Cardio-metabolic and socio-environmental correlates of waist-to-height ratio in German primary schoolchildren: a cross-sectional exploration

Cardio-metabolic and socio-environmental correlates of waist-to-height ratio in German primary schoolchildren: a cross-sectional exploration

Abstract Background Controversial messages of childhood obesity emerge: Levelling off in terms of body mass index (BMI) is foiled by increases in abdominal obesity. Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) may be used as a screening tool for abdominal obesity in children. The aim of this study was to investigat...

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Main Authors: Eva Vorwieger, Anne Kelso, Jürgen Michael Steinacker, Dorothea Kesztyüs, on behalf of the URMEL-ICE study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
(MeSH)
Abdominal obesity
Etiology
Prevention & control
Child
Blood pressure
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5174-6

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