Call for doctors to routinely measure waist circumference
An international consensus statement says BMI is insufficient to manage the cardiometabolic risk associated with increase adiposity
5th February 2020
Waist circumference should become a routine vital sign in clinical practice as it better predicts obesity-related outcomes than BMI, says an international consensus statement.
The International Atherosclerosis Society and the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk Working Group on Visceral Obesity say the evidence on BMI shows it is insufficient to assess, evaluate or manage the cardiometabolic risk associated with increased adiposity.
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