Waist circumference as a vital sign in clinical practice: a Consensus Statement from the IAS and ICCR Working Group on Visceral Obesity

Nature Reviews Endocrinology, Published online: 04 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41574-019-0310-7In this Consensus Statement, the International Atherosclerosis Society and International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk Working Group on Visceral Obesity recommend that waist circumference be included routinely as a measurement in clinical practice. They summarize the evidence that waist circumference and BMI together can provide improved assessments of cardiometabolic risk compared with either measurement alone.

Source: Nature Reviews Endocrinology - February 3, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Robert Ross Ian J. Neeland Shizuya Yamashita Iris Shai Jaap Seidell Paolo Magni Raul D. Santos Benoit Arsenault Ada Cuevas Frank B. Hu Bruce A. Griffin Alberto Zambon Philip Barter Jean-Charles Fruchart Robert H. Eckel Yuji Matsuzawa Jean-Pierre Despr és Source Type: research