Establishing international optimal cut-offs of waist-to-height ratio for predicting cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents aged 6–18 years

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Authors

Xinnan Zong · Shandong University

Roya Kelishadi · Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Young Mi Hong · Ewha Womans University

P. Schwändt

Tandi E. Matsha · Cape Peninsula University of Technology

José Geraldo Mill · Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Peter H. Whincup · St George's, University of London

Abstract

The proposed international WHtR cut-offs are easy and useful to identify central obesity and cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents globally, thus allowing international comparison across populations.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Birth, Development, and Health Health and Lifestyle Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Medicine

Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. 442-442

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-03169-y

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