title: Relationship between changes in body weight and waist circumference in Japanese.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We investigated the correlation between changes in body weight and body composition parameters.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used the data of 2635 Japanese (40.2±12.2 years) at baseline and at 1-year follow-up from a database of 13522 subjects, which is available at the Okayama Southern Institute of Health in Okayama prefecture, Japan. Body weight, waist circumference at the umbilical level, hip circumference, and body fat percentage were used in the analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Body composition parameters were significantly reduced after 1 year. Changes in body weight significantly correlated with changes in waist circumference, changes in hip circumference, and changes in body fat percentage. A decrease in body weight of 3 kg corresponded to a 3.45 cm decrease in waist circumference in men and a 2.83 cm decrease in that in women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A decrease in body weight of 3 kg corresponded to an almost 3 cm decrease in waist circumference at the umbilical level in Japanese men and women.
authors: Okayama Southern Institute of Health, Okayama Health Foundation, 408-1 Hirata, 700-0952, Okayama, Japan, center@okakenko.jp.
authors: Nobuyuki
authors: N
authors: Miyatake
authors: Sumiko
authors: S
authors: Matsumoto
authors: Motohiko
authors: M
authors: Miyachi
authors: Masafumi
authors: M
authors: Fujii
authors: Takeyuki
authors: T
authors: Numata