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Detect Chronic Disease Through Waist Size

July 14, 2012 By: Daniel Category: Obesity

Waist size can be an indicator to predict the long-term health risks. Detection of diseases through the waist circumference is considered even more effective than through measurements of body mass index.

Based on studies published in ‘The Journal of Clinical Epidemiology’, waist size is a strong indicator to see the magnitude of the risk of hypertension, diabetes, and elevated levels of bad cholesterol in the blood. (more…)