Our aim was to differentiate the screening potential of waist‐to‐height ratio (WHtR) and waist
circumference (WC) for adult cardiometabolic risk in people of different nationalities and to …

Objective Independently of total caloric intake, a better quality of the diet (for example,
conformity to the Mediterranean diet) is associated with lower obesity risk. It is unclear …

Abstract Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), affecting at least 30% of adults in the Western World, is
characterized by three out of five variables, from high triglycerides, to elevated waist …

Enlarged subcutaneous abdominal adipocytes have been shown to predict incidence of
type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the Pima population of Arizona (USA). We investigated the role of …

Background Increased sedentary lifestyle and prevalence of overweight/obesity are
common in western countries. The purposes of this study were (i) to assess the main health …

Introduction Several anthropometric measurements have been associated with
cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes mellitus and other cardiovascular risk conditions …

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 …

Objective: There are clear sex differences in the distribution of visceral adipose tissue (VAT)
and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) in adults, with males having more VAT and less …

Objective Anthropometric indices to obesity were evaluated as predictors of metabolic
syndrome risk factors. Our purpose was to explore an optimal or more reliable …

ObjectiveTo determine the best anthropometric measurement among waist: height ratio
(WHtR), BMI, waist: hip ratio (WHR) and waist circumference (WC) associated with high …