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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Body mass index, waist hip ratio, and waist circumference: which measure to classify obesity? |
Author: | Gill, T. Chittleborough, C. Taylor, A. Ruffin, R. Wilson, D. Phillips, P. |
Citation: | International Journal of Public Health, 2003; 48(3):191-200 |
Publisher: | Birkhauser Verlag |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
ISSN: | 0303-8408 1420-911X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Tiffany Gill, Catherine Chittleborough, Anne Taylor, Richard Ruffin, David Wilson, Patrick Phillips |
Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: To determine the proportion of a representative population sample of adults in South Australia who have a body mass index (a measure of overall obesity) classified as normal or underweight, but who also have a waist circumference or waist hip ratio (measures of central obesity) that indicates obesity. METHODS: A representative population sample of adults aged 18 years and over living in the north west region of Adelaide (n = 2523) were recruited to the study. Clinical measures of height, weight, waist and hip circumference were obtained and used to determine body mass index, waist hip ratio and waist circumference. RESULTS: Among women with a normal body mass index, 19.0% had a high waist circumference ( 80 cm) and 8.5% had a high waist hip ratio (> 0.85). Among males with a normal body mass index, 3.4% had a high waist circumference ( 95 cm) and 0.1% had a high waist hip ratio (>1.0). CONCLUSIONS: Body mass index, waist hip ratio and waist circumference all have a role in the identification of those who are obese or overweight. |
Keywords: | Body mass index height weight anthropometry abdominal obesity central obesity |
Rights: | © Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 2003 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00038-003-2055-1 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-003-2055-1 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Medicine publications |
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