Abdominal obesity increases metabolic risk factors in non-obese adults: a Hungarian cross-sectional study.

Anita LukácsEdina HorváthZsuzsanna MátéAndrea SzabóKatalin VirágMagor PappJános SándorRóza ÁdányEdit Paulik

Published in: BMC public health (2019)

There was a very high, significant, positive correlation between WC and BMI. Abdominal obesity was found to be strongly related to certain metabolic risk factors among non-obese subjects. Hence, measuring waist circumference could be recommended as a simple and efficient tool for screening abdominal obesity and related metabolic risk even in non-obese individuals.

Keyphrases

weight loss
metabolic syndrome
risk factors
body mass index
type diabetes
insulin resistance
bariatric surgery
weight gain
adipose tissue
high fat diet induced
obese patients
body weight
physical activity