Waist Circumference Is Simpler Than Body Mass Index (Letters) (Letter to the Editor) Waist Circumference Is Simpler Than Body Mass Index (Letters) (Letter to the Editor)

Waist Circumference Is Simpler Than Body Mass Index (Letters) (Letter to the Editor‪)‬

Clinical Chemistry, 2005, June, 51, 6

Clinical Chemistry
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Publisher Description

To the Editor: In his review on the metabolic syndrome (1), Dr. G. Reaven suggests that the body mass index (BMI) measurement is "a simpler and more effective way" to quantify obesity and preferable to the measurement of waist circumference (WC).

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2005
1 June
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
9
Pages
PUBLISHER
American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc.
PROVIDER INFO
The Gale Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Cengage Learning, Inc.
SIZE
166
KB

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