Finding an Appropriate Cut-off Point for Neck Circumference to Determine Overweight and Obesity in a Large Sample of Iranian Adults
نویسندگان
1 MD, Community Medicine Specialist, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
2 MD Specialist of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
3 MD, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
4 MD, PhD, Yazd Cardiovascular Research center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
doi
10.18502/ijdo.v14i2.9450چکیده
Objective: Obesity is a major public health concern and there are different ways to detect it in population. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the neck circumference (NC) in a simple and practical way. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional survey utilized data from the Yazd Health Study (YaHS) which ...
