Are the recent secular increases in the waist circumference of adults independent of changes in BMI?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 425-431

  Freedman, David S ^a   Ford, Earl S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Adults; BMI; NHANES; Obesity; Panel design; Secular trends; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ETHNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITION; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928433541     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.094672     Document Type: Article

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