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Heart 2006;92:865-866; doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.080945
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EDITORIAL

A cardiologist’s guide to waist management

A Merchant, S Yusuf, A M Sharma

Department of Medicine & Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Arya M Sharma
Hamilton General Hospital, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 2X2; sharma{at}ccc.mcmaster.ca

ABSTRACT

Clinical management of obesity remains a challenge

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; METs, metabolic equivalent tasks; MI, myocardial infarction; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio

Keywords: cardiovascular disease; obesity; waist-to-hip ratio


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