Waist-hip ratio is a poor predictor of changes in visceral fat

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 327-333

  Van Der Kooy, Karin ^b   Leenen, Rianne ^b   Seidell, Jaap C ^b   Deurenberg, Paul ^a   Droop, Anneke ^b   Bakker, Chris J G ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fat distribution; Magnetic resonance imaging; Obesity; Visceral fat; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VISCERA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0027509641     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/57.3.327     Document Type: Article

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