Neck circumference as a simple screening measure for identifying overweight and obese patients

Obesity Research

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 470-477

  Ben Noun, Liubov Louba ^a   Sohar, Ezra ^b   Laor, Arie ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Neck circumference; Obesity; Obesity indices

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035430607     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2001.61     Document Type: Article

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