title: Where is the beef? Waist circumference is more highly correlated with BMI and total body fat than with abdominal visceral fat in children.
authors.affiliation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Katzmarzyk
authors.affiliation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouchard
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000293:Adolescent; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat; D008297:Male; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D055105:Waist Circumference
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