Cardio-metabolic and socio-environmental correlates of waist-to-height ratio in German primary schoolchildren: a cross-sectional exploration
Abstract Background Controversial messages of childhood obesity emerge: Levelling off in terms of body mass index (BMI) is foiled by increases in abdominal obesity. Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) may be used as a screening tool for abdominal obesity in children. The aim of this study was to investigat...
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Main Authors: | Eva Vorwieger (Author), Anne Kelso (Author), Jürgen Michael Steinacker (Author), Dorothea Kesztyüs (Author), on behalf of the URMEL-ICE study group (Author) |
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2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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