Waist-to-height ratio: a simple option for determining excess central adiposity in young people.

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Published in Int J Obes (Lond) on April 15, 2008

Authors

S P Garnett1, L A Baur, C T Cowell

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Research, Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia. sarahg@chw.edu.au

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