Obesity Measure Should Be Redefined To Accurately Assess Heart Attack Risk
23rd Nov 2005, 23:44 GMT
Waist-to-hip ratio, not body mass index (BMI), is the best obesity measure for assessing a person's risk of heart attack, concludes a global study by McMaster University researchers published recently in The Lancet. If obesity is redefined using waist-to-hip ratio instead of BMI the proportion of people at risk of heart attack increases by threefold, calculate the authors.
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