Obesity increases the risks of developing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and
degrades quality of life, ultimately increasing the risk of death. However, not all forms of …

The present systematic review with meta‐analysis sought to estimate the accuracy of
different waist‐to‐height ratio (WHtR) cutoff ranges as risk indicators for cardiometabolic …

The prevalence of overweight and obesity is continuously increasing, both in the adult and
pediatric populations, posing a substantial challenge to public health. Understanding the …

Body shape index (ABSI) and triponderal mass index (TMI) have been recently associated
with cardiovascular risk in adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the …

Background Waist circumference has been suggested as predictor for metabolic syndrome
(MetS) in adolescents but it has not been compared with newly proposed anthropometric …

Objective To provide the latest evidence of performance and robustness of waist-to-height
ratio (WHtR) in discriminating clusters of cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRs) and promote …

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is closely linked to obesity; however, not all
individuals with obesity will develop obesity-related complications and a metabolically …

Although nutritional health knowledge serves as the basis for the daily food guides, limited
epidemiologic studies were conducted to verify whether adherence to the daily food guides …

Purpose The aim of the study was to evaluate the reliability of 7 anthropometric indices in
predicting cardiovascular risk markers (CRMs) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Brazilian …

Objective: To identify which anthropometric measurement would be the best predictor of
metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Brazilian adolescents. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional …