Can Waist Circumference Identify Children With the Metabolic Syndrome?

2005278 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Valeria Hirschler · El Hospital General de Agudos Carlos G. Durand

Abstract

Waist circumference is a predictor of insulin resistance syndrome in children and adolescents and could be included in clinical practice as a simple tool to help identify children at risk.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Children's Physical and Motor Development Regulation of Appetite and Obesity

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volume 159, Issue 8, pp. 740-740

DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.8.740

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