Obesity and Diabetes Epidemiology

Findings from Technical University in obesity and diabetes epidemiology reported

Published in Cardiovascular Device Liability Week, March 11th, 2007

Current study results from the report, "Accuracy of anthropometric indicators of obesity to predict cardiovascular risk," have been published. According to recent research from Dresden, Germany, "Obesity is associated with various cardiovascular risk factors. The body mass index (BMI) is the standard measure of overweight and obesity."

"However, more recently, waist to hip ratio (WHR) or waist circumference (WC) as more sensitive measures for visceral obesity have been proposed to be more indicative of cardiovascular risk. This study was performed to test the predictive value of anthropometric parameters for the presence of several cardiovascular risk conditions. The...

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