waist-to-height ratio
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Clinical significance
- BMI cannot distinguish between muscle & fat, and varies across age, sex & ethnicity; hence, a poor tool in diagnosing excess adiposity in children[1]
- waist circumference-to-height ratio is a better measure of obesity[1]
Additional terms
- body mass index (BMI)
- cardiovascular risk factor
- central obesity; abdominal obesity
- waist circumference
- waist-to-hip ratio (waist/hip)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Agbaje AO Body mass index triples overweight prevalence in 7600 children compared with waist-to-height ratio: the ALSPAC study. Obesity and Endocrinology. 2025. Feb 14 Not yet indexed in PubMed https://academic.oup.com/obendo/article/1/1/wjaf002/8011348