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 …

Context: Obesity is associated with various cardiovascular risk factors. The body mass index
(BMI) is the standard measure of overweight and obesity. However, more recently, waist to …

Objectives. Most published definitions of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children and
adolescents include increased waist circumference (WC) in their criteria. To assess the …

Objectives To examine whether waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) performed better than, body
mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC) in relation to hypertension, diabetes, and …

Background: The waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a potentially more reliable anthropometric
index, particularly for populations of lower height. Performance of the WHtR versus body …

ObjectiveTo analyse the association between waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) and body fat and
to develop predictive adiposity equations that will simplify the diagnosis of obesity in the …

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 …

Abstract Background Body Mass Index (BMI) is widely used to assess the impact of obesity
on cardiometabolic risk in children but it does not always relate to central obesity and varies …

Objective. The aims of the study were to establish waist circumference (WC) cut-off points
that identify clustering of obesity-related conditions and determine if the cut-off points …

The present study was performed to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS)
and its risk factors in obese children and adolescents. The study included 352 obese …