Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 259-261, November 2009

Waist circumference in primary care

Grove Medical Centre, 6 Uplands Terrace, Swansea SA2 0GU, United Kingdom

Received 22 July 2009; received in revised form 22 September 2009; accepted 30 September 2009. published online 30 October 2009.

Abstract 

Current literature suggests that waist circumference may be marginally better than BMI as a surrogate marker for total body fat and can identify thinner people with increased visceral adipose tissue and increased cardiometabolic risk. This commentary explores the use of WC in primary care, including how and when to measure, and how to use the results.

Keywords: Waist circumference, Diabetes, CHD, Primary care

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PII: S1751-9918(09)00094-1

doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2009.09.006

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 259-261, November 2009

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