'At risk' waist-to-height ratio cut-off points recently adopted by NICE and US Department of Defense will unfairly penalize shorter adults. What is the solution?

Nevill, Alan M; Leahy, Guy D; Mayhew, Jerry; Sandercock, Gavin R H; Myers, Tony; Duncan, Michael J

Nevill, Alan M; Leahy, Guy D; Mayhew, Jerry; Sandercock, Gavin R H; Myers, Tony; Duncan, Michael J.

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Nevill AM; Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus, Walsall, UK. Electronic address: a.m.nevill@wlv.ac.uk.
Leahy GD; 377 Medical Group, Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117, USA. Electronic address: guy.d.leahy.civ@mail.mil.
Mayhew J; Health and Exercise Science Department, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, USA. Electronic address: jmayhew@truman.edu.
Sandercock GRH; School Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Science, University of Essex, Colchester, UK. Electronic address: gavins@essex.ac.uk.
Myers T; Sport and Health, Newman University, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: Tony.Myers@staff.newman.ac.uk.
Duncan MJ; Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK. Electronic address: michael.duncan@coventry.ac.uk.

Obes Res Clin Pract ; 17(1): 1-8, 2023.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36682982

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Obesidad; Relación Cintura-Estatura; Humanos; Adulto; Factores de Riesgo; Índice de Masa Corporal; Estudios Transversales; Circunferencia de la Cintura

Palabras clave

Anthropometry; At risk; Body composition; Central adiposity; Obesity; Scaling

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Texto completo: 1 Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Relación Cintura-Estatura / Obesidad Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Obes Res Clin Pract Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article

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