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Appropriate neck circumference and waist-to-height ratio cut-off points as predictors of obesity and cardiovascular risk in adolescents.

Wyllyane Rayana Chaves CarvalhoAna Karina Teixeira da Cunha FrançaAlcione Miranda Dos SantosLuana Lopes PadilhaEduarda Gomes Bogea
Published in: Revista de saude publica (2023)
WHtR and NC are good discriminators to assess obesity and cardiovascular risk in adolescents, especially in males.
Keyphrases
  • body mass index
  • weight gain
  • young adults
  • insulin resistance
  • physical activity
  • metabolic syndrome
  • weight loss
  • high fat diet induced
  • type diabetes
  • body weight
  • adipose tissue
  • skeletal muscle