A study of central fatness using waist-to-height ratios in UK children and adolescents over two decades supports the simple message--'keep your waist circumference to less than half your height'.
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Abstract
To examine the influence of age and gender on the waist:height ratio (WHTR) in children
and to compare changes over time in WHTR, a measure of central fatness in British
children.