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2. Body shape index - Wikipedia

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   ABSI over age diagram female ABSI over age diagram male. If the ABSI is above 0.083, an increased risk is assumed; a value of 0.091 is said to represent a doubling of the relative risk. The ABSI is classified into risk classes by means of the ABSI-z value derived from the ABSI. The ABSI-z is calculated from the deviation of the ABSI from the ...

3. Body roundness index - Wikipedia

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   Ranges of healthy body roundness have been established to accurately classify people with healthy fat mass compared to obese people who are at risk for morbidities. [ 1 ] Compared to traditional metrics, such as the body mass index (BMI), (which uses weight and height), BRI may improve predictions of the amount of body fat and the volume of ...

4. Waist-to-height ratio - Wikipedia

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   A 2013 study identified critical threshold values according to age, with consequent significant reduction in life expectancy if exceeded. These are: WHtR greater than 0.5 for people under 40 years of age, 0.5 to 0.6 for people aged 40–50, and greater than 0.6 for people over 50 years of age. [15]

5. For People Over 40, BMI Obesity Readings May Not be Accurate

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   A new study finds that body-mass index standards for obesity may need to be adjusted for people over 40. The new research was presented this week at the annual European Congress on Obesity in ...

6. Body adiposity index - Wikipedia

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   The BAI is calculated as: [2] Hip circumference (Pearson correlation coefficient, R = 0.602) and height (R = −0.524) are strongly correlated with percentage of body fat.. Comparing BAI with "gold standard" dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) results, the correlation between DXA-derived percentage of adiposity and the BAI in a target population was R = 0.85, with a concordance of C_b = 0

7. ‘Alarming’: Severe obesity is climbing in the US. See who is ...

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   Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research.. The ...