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

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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
June 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
9
Pages
PUBLISHER
American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc.
SELLER
The Gale Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Cengage Learning, Inc.
SIZE
166
KB

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