The relationship between body mass index and waist circumference: Implications for estimates of the population prevalence of overweight

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1058-1061

  Booth, M L ^a,d   Hunter, C ^a   Gore, C J ^b   Bauman, A ^e   Owen, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight; Waist circumference; Waist girth

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0033860805     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801359     Document Type: Article

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