Accumulating evidence suggests that measures of abdominal obesity outperform BMI in predicting diabetes and cardiovascular risk. However, it is debated which measure of obesity should be used. Currently, waist circumference (WC) is most commonly used and codefines the metabolic syndrome.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:14-qucosa-119990 |
| Date | 21 September 2013 |
| Creators | Schneider, Harald J., Klotsche, Jens, Silber, Sigmund, Stalla, Günter K., Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich |
| Contributors | Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften |
| Publisher | Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:article |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Diabetes Care, Bd. 34 (2011), Nr. 1, e7, ISSN: 0149-5992 |
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