Finally here is a sure-shot-method of measuring a child’s progress towards obesity.
With doctors warning of a rise in the number of children being brought in with adult lifestyle diseases – including obesity, diabetes and hypertension – a multi-centre, cross-sectional study done on 10,842 children in five cities – Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Raipur – has now suggested healthy cut-off values of waist circumference for screening Metabolic Syndrome in Indian children.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/child%E2%80%99s-healthy-waist-circumference-charted-out
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bindu-shajan-perappadan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/obesity
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lifestyles
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diseases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diabetes
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/delhi
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chennai
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kolkata
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pune
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/raipur-t
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hypertension-blood-pressure
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/junk-food
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health