Indicators and Their Range of Values to Indicate Obesity

Obesity is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, along with being the important public health problem of Thailand. Health care professionals frequently use body mass index or waist circumference to screen for obesity, but there are more indicators remained: waist-to-hip ratio, wa...

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Main Author:	Suwanna Tawonrungrojn
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Prince of Songkla University 2011-04-01
Series:	Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR)
Subjects:	obesity percentage of body fat waist waist-to-height ratio waist-to-hip ratio
Online Access:	https://www.jhsmr.org/index.php/jhsmr/article/view/313

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spelling	doaj-31087cd376554db9b6e1684f336ffcd72020-11-25T01:02:30ZengPrince of Songkla UniversityJournal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR)2586-99812630-05592011-04-012928996327Indicators and Their Range of Values to Indicate ObesitySuwanna Tawonrungrojn0Cardio-Thoracic Technology Program, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Naresuan University, Muang, Phitsanulok, 65000,Obesity is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, along with being the important public health problem of Thailand. Health care professionals frequently use body mass index or waist circumference to screen for obesity, but there are more indicators remained: waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio, and the percentage of body fat. Moreover, the range of values of these indicators for identifying obesity are quite different. This article investigated the range of values of these obesity indicators got from the past studies for the researchers to select one that was proper for their study subjects.https://www.jhsmr.org/index.php/jhsmr/article/view/313obesitypercentage of body fatwaistwaist-to-height ratiowaist-to-hip ratio
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title	Indicators and Their Range of Values to Indicate Obesity
title_short	Indicators and Their Range of Values to Indicate Obesity
title_full	Indicators and Their Range of Values to Indicate Obesity
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title_full_unstemmed	Indicators and Their Range of Values to Indicate Obesity
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publisher	Prince of Songkla University
series	Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR)
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publishDate	2011-04-01
description	Obesity is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, along with being the important public health problem of Thailand. Health care professionals frequently use body mass index or waist circumference to screen for obesity, but there are more indicators remained: waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio, and the percentage of body fat. Moreover, the range of values of these indicators for identifying obesity are quite different. This article investigated the range of values of these obesity indicators got from the past studies for the researchers to select one that was proper for their study subjects.
topic	obesity percentage of body fat waist waist-to-height ratio waist-to-hip ratio
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Indicators and Their Range of Values to Indicate Obesity

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