How useful is waist circumference for assessment of abdominal obesity in Korean pre-menopausal women during weight loss?

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-234

  Hwang, Mi Ja ^a   Chung, Won Suk ^a,d   Gallagher, Dympna ^b   Kim, Deog Yoon ^c   Shin, Hyun Dae ^a   Song, Mi Yeon ^a,d  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Dual energy x ray absorptiometry; Fat distribution; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KOREA; LOW CALORY DIET; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMENOPAUSE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149399170     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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