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Waist-to-height ratio detects fat obesity in children and adolescents

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Hippocratic Post

Waist-to-height ratio detects fat obesity in children and adolescents significantly better than BMI: An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected excess fat mass and distinguished fat mass from muscle mass in children […]

Children’s growth genome study

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Children’s growth will be easier to assess following a University of Queensland-led study analysing the genetic variants that influence height. Dr Loic Yengo and Professor Peter Visscher from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience have worked with 600 researchers in the largest-ever genome-wide association study (GWAS). The study analysed data from 5.4 million people and uncovered […]