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International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition Volume 56, 2005 - Issue 5
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Six reasons why the waist-to-height ratio is a rapid and effective global indicator for health risks of obesity and how its use could simplify the international public health message on obesity

Margaret Ashwell Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Brookes University, Ashwell Associates, Ashwell Street, Ashwell, UK, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shiun Dong Hsieh Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital, Toranomon, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Pages 303-307 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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