Wednesday, July 18, 2012

New metric for obesity strongly correlated to premature death

Researchers have developed a new metric to measure obesity, called A Body Shape Index, or ABSI, that combines the existing metrics of Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference and shows a better correlation with death rate than do either of these individual measures.

URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120718191958.htm

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