Published in Obesity and Endocrinology, the study was based on collaboration between the University of Eastern Finland and the Universities of Bristol and Exeter in the UK.
“Waist-to-height ratio is an affordable and universally accessible, accurate and precise tool for detecting high and excess fat in children and adolescents,” says Andrew Agbaje, who is a physician and associate professor (docent) of Clinical Epidemiology and Child Health at the University of Eastern Finland. His earlier research has also shown that waist-to-height ratio predicts both total body adiposity and central adiposity.
“Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents should not be diagnosed with BMI alone but could be confirmed with waist-to-height ratio where a DEXA scan is lacking,” Agbaje concludes.
View: https://academic.oup.com/obendo/advance-article/doi/10.1093/obendo/wjaf002/8011348
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