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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Main Authors: Saurabh Bobdey, Rajesh Batlish, Ashwani Upadhyay, Ranjan Sarkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
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