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Are the recent secular increases in the waist circumference of adults independent of changes in BMI?(–5)

BACKGROUND: Several studies showed that the waist circumference of US adults has increased over the past 25 y. However, because of the high correlation between waist circumference and body mass index (BMI; in kg/m(2)) (r ~ 0.9), it is uncertain if these trends in waist circumference exceed those exp...

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Published in:Am J Clin Nutr
Main Authors: Freedman, David S, Ford, Earl S
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4609894/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25733625
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.094672
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