Utility of waist circumference-to-height ratio as a screening tool for generalized and central obesity among Iranian children and adolescents: The CASPIAN-V study.

Hanieh-Sadat EjtahedRoya KelishadiMostafa QorbaniMohammad Esmaeil MotlaghShirin Hasani-RanjbarPooneh AngooraniShaghayegh BeshtarHasan ZiaodiniMajzoubeh TaheriRamin Heshmat

Published in: Pediatric diabetes (2019)

The WHtR ≥ 0.5 as a simple and useful screening tool is better than WC, for predicting general and central obesity in different age and sex groups of Iranian children and adolescents.

Keyphrases

body mass index
weight gain
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
type diabetes
high fat diet induced
body weight
skeletal muscle
physical activity