Body mass index, waist hip ratio, and waist circumference: which measure to classify obesity?

Tiffany Gill (), Catherine Chittleborough, Anne Taylor, Richard Ruffin, David Wilson and Patrick Phillips

International Journal of Public Health, 2003, vol. 48, issue 3, 200 pages

Abstract: L'indice de masse corporelle, le rapport taille/ hanche et la circonférence de la taille jouent tous un rôle dans l'identification des personnes obèses ou ayant du surpoids. Copyright Birkhäuser-Verlag 2003

Keywords: Body mass index; Height; Weight; Anthropometry; Abdominal obesity; Central obesity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-003-2055-1

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