Waist circumference in primary care.
Current literature suggests that waist circumference may be marginally better than BMI as a surrogate marker for total body fat and can identify thinner people with increased visceral adipose tissue and increased cardiometabolic risk. This commentary explores the use of WC in primary care, including how and when to measure, and how to use the results.
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Pam
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Grove Medical Centre, 6 Uplands Terrace, Swansea SA2 0GU, United Kingdom. pambrown@easynet.co.uk
D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D044469:Racial Groups; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D055105:Waist Circumference