Waist Circumference : A Reliable Anthropometric Measure of Obesity
Background: Over the past few decades there has been a dramatic rise in the prevalence of obesity throughout the world Waist circumference has been found to be positively correlated with intra-abdominalfat content and can be used to predict risk of developing obesity related disorders. Asians′ have...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Marine Medical Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.marinemedicalsociety.in/article.asp?issn=0975-3605;year=2016;volume=18;issue=2;spage=130;epage=135;aulast=Bobdey;type=0 |