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Waist-to-height ratio and its associations with body mass index in a sample of Tuscan children in primary school

Abstract Background Visceral obesity in children increases the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. To evaluate overweight children, in addition to Body Mass Index (BMI), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) can be used to predict cardiometabolic risk. The goal of this study is to describe WHtR in a...

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Main Authors: Francesca Santomauro (Author), Chiara Lorini (Author), Francesca Pieralli (Author), Giuditta Niccolai (Author), Paola Picciolli (Author), Stefania Vezzosi (Author), Guglielmo Bonaccorsi (Author)
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Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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