Waist circumference and cardiometabolic risk: A consensus statement from Shaping America's Health: Association for Weight Management and Obesity Prevention; NAASO, the Obesity Society; the American Society for Nutrition; and the American Diabetes Association

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1197-1202

  Klein, Samuel ^a   Allison, David B ^b   Heymsfield, Steven B ^c   Kelley, David E ^d   Leibel, Rudolph L ^e   Nonas, Cathy ^f   Kahn, Richard ^g  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^f NORTH GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 34248330410     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.5.1197     Document Type: Review

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