What does WC stand for?

Waist Circumference

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The Danish team found statistically significant positive associations between VTE and all measurements of body size, including body weight, body mass index (BMI), total body fat mass, waist circumference and hip circumference, among both men and women.

Apple-shaped men, pear-shaped women 'at increased blood clot risk'

Even those who were normal weight but had a waist circumference higher than 88cm had a modest increase in their risk.

Asthma risk

The risk increases further if the waist circumference is higher than the prescribed size," stated Prafull Dwivedi, business head, VLCC International.

VLCC unveils 'Waist & Tummy Trim' treatment

During the study, abdominal obesity was defined as having a waist circumference of greater than 35ins (89cm) for women and 40ins (102cm) for men.

How those love handles can take your breath away

Measurement of health variables Waist circumference (WC) was measured, as an indicator of abdominal fatness, 4 cm above the umbilicus (Rudolf et al.

Relationships between accelerometer-assessed physical activity and ...

In fact, there's mounting evidence that waist circumference makes a better predictor of diabetes than BMI, and a rather good indicator of heart disease risk.

A simpler approach to fat measure

Researchers aimed to test the cross sectional association of carotid plaques and common carotid artery intima-media thickness with calf circumference (CC), representing peripheral fat and lean mass, and with waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio, two markers of abdominal obesity.

Larger calves may mean less risk of carotid plaques

Waist circumference is increasingly used as a guide for obesity in adults.

MEASURING OBESITY IN CHILDHOOD; Growing: obesity is getting worse