… measurement of obesity, to assess determinants of obesity … found that the risk of developing
type 2 diabetes increases as BMI … Tremblay A, Role of deep abdominal fat in the association …

… at all levels of diabetes risk as a public health measure [24]. … , body musculature, abdominal
adiposity, bone density, mood… , reproductive and general health of our study population. A …

… a clump of risk factors for development of type 2 diabetes mellitus … is the assemblage of risk
factors such as central obesity, high … All measurements were taken thrice and the means were …

… It is well-established that measures of central adiposity, such as the waist … the risk of
cardiometabolic diseases among SSA populations better than the measure of general obesity (BMI), …

… of Ghanaian urban population has been affected by diabetes [… measurements > 80 cm and
94 cm were recorded as central … of modifiable vascular risk factors: 74.5% had central obesity, …

… measures of central obesity rather than general obesity were strongly linked to T2DM in the
Ghanaian population … to develop central obesity compared with the female's general obesity. …

… on probability proportional to population size. … Ghana Population and Housing Censuses,
purposely to produce separate estimates for key indicators for each of the 10 regions of Ghana…

… two-fold increase in the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and cardiovascular diseases
(CVDs), respectively over the next 5–10 years [2]. … use of point measurement of biochemical …

… Total of 1,337 subjects with type 2 diabetes from Khartoum … that central obesity was risk
factor for diabetes in Sudanese … showed central obesity and not general obesity measure may …

… Until aggressive measures/interventions are implemented to … lead to increased general
and central obesity among middle-aged … of co-morbidities of obesity including type 2 diabetes, …