General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

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Authors

Tobias Pischon · German Institute of Human Nutrition

Heiner Boeing

Yvonne T. van der Schouw

Abstract

These data suggest that both general adiposity and abdominal adiposity are associated with the risk of death and support the use of waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio in addition to BMI in assessing the risk of death.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Obesity and Health Practices Birth, Development, and Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 359, Issue 20, pp. 2105-2120

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0801891

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