[HTML][HTML] Canadian guidelines for body weight classification in adults: application in clinical practice to screen for overweight and obesity and to assess disease risk

JD Douketis, G Paradis, H Keller, C Martineau - Cmaj, 2005 - Can Med Assoc
Incorporating BMI and waist circumference into an overall risk assessment: The BMI and
waist circumference classifications are derived from health risk assessments in large …

[PDF][PDF] Waist circumference and waist-hip ratio

WHOE Consultation - Report of a WHO Expert Consultation. Geneva …, 2008 - iris.who.int
The World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Consultation on Waist Circumference and
Waist–Hip Ratio was held in Geneva, Switzerland on 8–11 December 2008. The …

Development of health‐related waist circumference thresholds within BMI categories

CI Ardern, I Janssen, R Ross… - Obesity research, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To develop and cross‐validate waist circumference (WC) thresholds within BMI
categories. The utility of the derived values was compared with the single WC thresholds …

[PDF][PDF] Waist circumference and waist-hip ratio: report of a WHO expert consultation, Geneva, 8-11 December 2008

World Health Organization - 2011 - apps.who.int
The World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Consultation on Waist Circumference and
Waist–Hip Ratio was held in Geneva, Switzerland on 8–11 December 2008. The …

Universal cut-off BMI points for obesity are not appropriate

P Deurenberg - British Journal of Nutrition, 2001 - cambridge.org
The World Health Organization (1998) defines obesity as a condition with excess body fat to
the extent that health and well-being are adversely affected. The BMI (weight/height2 …

[HTML][HTML] Waist circumference as a vital sign in clinical practice: a Consensus Statement from the IAS and ICCR Working Group on Visceral Obesity

R Ross, IJ Neeland, S Yamashita, I Shai… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite decades of unequivocal evidence that waist circumference provides both
independent and additive information to BMI for predicting morbidity and risk of death, this …

Waist circumference and cardiometabolic risk: a consensus statement from shaping America's health: Association for Weight Management and Obesity Prevention; …

S Klein, DB Allison, SB Heymsfield, DE Kelley… - Diabetes …, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Obesity is an important risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases, including diabetes,
hypertension, dyslipidemia, and coronary heart disease (CHD). Several leading national …

Body mass index, waist circumference, and health risk: evidence in support of current National Institutes of Health guidelines

I Janssen, PT Katzmarzyk, R Ross - Archives of internal medicine, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
Background No evidence supports the waist circumference (WC) cutoff points recommended
by the National Institutes of Health to identify subjects at increased health risk within the …

[HTML][HTML] Managing obesity in adults in primary care

G Plourde, D Prud'homme - Cmaj, 2012 - Can Med Assoc
The importance of measuring waist circumference is supported by the results of the 2007–
2009 Canadian Measures Health Survey: 2.6% of adults with normal weight, 35.3% of adults …

Risk factor correlates of body mass index

SW Rabkin, L Leiter, BA Reeder… - Canadian Medical …, 1997 - search.proquest.com
Objective: To examine the association of obesity, as reflected by body mass index, with other
cardiovascular risk factors specifically blood pressure, smoking, physical inactivity, plasma …