Waist circumference as a measure for indicating need for weight management

To test the hypothesis that a single measurement, waist circumference, might be used to identify people at health risk both from being overweight and from having a central fat distribution.A community derived random sample of men and women and a second, validation sample.North Glasgow.904 men and 1014 women (first sample); 86 men and 202 women (validation sample).Waist circumference, body mass index, waist:hip ratio.Waist circumference > or = 94...