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Waist Measurement & Weight Assessment in Children

Waist measurement may become the new one-step way to assess how fat or overweight children are. Dietitian Karen Jarrett and colleagues at the School of Health and Sports Science, University of North London, have developed waist percentile curves. These correlate very well with the current, but more complex, body mass index (BMI) assessment tool which involves height and weight measurement, and a calculation. They observed that children's waist sizes have been getting bigger over the years. This is worrying because although in general children have been getting taller and heavier, a larger waist size means that extra weight in the form of body fat is being deposited centrally. As for adults, this type of body fat at distribution has been linked to higher cholesterol and insulin levels, which increase the risk for heart disease and diabetes later in life. Waist circumference percentiles could be used routinely in GP surgeries, by school nurses, dietitians and in health promotion units or even in commercial weight loss programs for children.

Source: PRESS RELEASE 2000. British Dietetic Association

  

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