Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Chinese Adults: Role of Adiposity Indicators and Age

• DOI: 10.1159/000443003
• Publication Date: 2016-01-11T22:01:18Z
• Authors: Weili Xu; Hua Zhang; Stephanie Paillar...; Hong Zhu; Xiuying Qi; Debora Rizzuto
• Keywords: Waist-to-height ratio

We suggest that a simple, rapid screening tool-the waist-to-height ratio (WHTR)-could help to overcome debates about the use of different body mass index (BMI) boundary values for assessing health risks in populations. There are six reasons our proposal: WHTR is more sensitive than BMI as an early warning risks. cheaper and easier measure calculate BMI. A value = 0.5 indicates increased risk men women. people ethnic groups. can be converted into consumer-friendly chart. may allow same children adults. Communicating messages could much simpler if anthropometric public message used throughout childhood, adult life, world. This simple is: Keep your waist circumference less half height.