Secular change in waist circumference and waist-height ratio and optimal cutoff of waist-height ratio for abdominal obesity among Korean children and adolescents.

Conclusions: The presented data of WC and WHR showed no secular change over 10 years. The optimal WHR cutoff for abdominal obesity, 0.48 would be helpful to diagnose and to manage obesity in Korean 13-18 years old adolescents, preventing obesity related cardiometabolic complications. PMID: 30514064 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Korean Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Tags: Korean J Pediatr Source Type: research