Waist-to-height ratio detects fat obesity in children and adolescents significantly better than BMI
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An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio.
The prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity has reached an epidemic proportion...since they do not distinguish fat mass from muscle mass.
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