Waist‐to‐height ratio, body mass index and waist circumference for screening paediatric cardio‐metabolic risk factors: a meta‐analysis

K Lo, M Wong, P Khalechelvam, W Tam - Obesity reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Waist‐to‐height ratio (WHtR) is superior to body mass index and waist circumference for
measuring adult cardio‐metabolic risk factors. However, there is no meta‐analysis to …

Accuracy of different cutoffs of the waist‐to‐height ratio as a screening tool for cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta‐analysis …

Y Ezzatvar, M Izquierdo, R Ramírez‐Vélez… - Obesity …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The present systematic review with meta‐analysis sought to estimate the accuracy of
different waist‐to‐height ratio (WHtR) cutoff ranges as risk indicators for cardiometabolic …

[HTML][HTML] Usefulness of the waist-to-height ratio for predicting cardiometabolic risk in children and its suggested boundary values

J Muñoz-Hernando, J Escribano, N Ferré… - Clinical Nutrition, 2022 - Elsevier
Summary Background & Aims Only limited information is available on the usefulness of the
waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) as an abdominal obesity marker in children. Our aim was to …

Waist circumference and waist‐to‐height ratio in Norwegian children 4–18 years of age: Reference values and cut‐off levels

B Brannsether, M Roelants, R Bjerknes… - Acta …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: To establish reference values for waist circumference and waist‐to‐height ratio of
Norwegian children. Material: Data were collected in 2003–2006 as part of a cross‐sectional …

Child eating behaviors and caregiver feeding practices in children with autism spectrum disorders

TVE Kral, MC Souders, VH Tompkins… - Public Health …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This pilot study compared children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and
typically develo** children (TDC) on weight‐related outcomes and caregiver‐reported …

[HTML][HTML] Waist-to-height ratio, waist circumference and BMI as indicators of percentage fat mass and cardiometabolic risk factors in children aged 3–7 years

A Sijtsma, G Bocca, C L'abée, ET Liem, PJJ Sauer… - Clinical nutrition, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To assess whether waist-to-height-ratio (WHtR) is a better estimate of body fat
percentage (BF%) and a better indicator of cardiometabolic risk factors than BMI or waist …

Waist-to-Height Ratio: a simple, effective and practical screening tool for childhood obesity and metabolic syndrome

D Zhou, M Yang, ZP Yuan, DD Zhang, L Liang… - Preventive …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of Waist-to-Height Ratio in early
detection of obesity and metabolic syndrome in Chinese children and adolescents. Method …

Population-based references for waist and hip circumferences, waist-to-hip and waist-to-height ratios for children and adolescents, and evaluation of their predictive …

Z Kułaga, A Świąder-Leśniak, A Kotowska… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Childhood obesity is a public health problem globally as well as in Poland. This paper
aimed to provide age-and sex-specific waist circumference, hip circumference, waist-to …

Waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist-to-height ratio reference percentiles for abdominal obesity among Macedonian adolescents

D Bojanic, M Ljubojevic, D Krivokapic… - Nutricion …, 2020 - repository.ukim.mk
Background: the goal of this study was to define waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio
(WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHRt) smoothed reference percentiles for assessing …

Abdominal obesity in German adolescents defined by waist-to-height ratio and its association to elevated blood pressure: the KiGGS study

K Kromeyer-Hauschild, H Neuhauser… - Obesity facts, 2013 - karger.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the fixed 0.5 cut-off and the age-and sex-
specific 90th percentile (P90) for waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in German adolescents with …