Diagnostic criteria for obesity and abdominal obesity in Korean adults may require future adjustment as demographics change, highlighting the need for more valid indicators of health risks.
Highlights the need for adjusting obesity cut-offs in the Korean population and developing better indicators for health risks.
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, respectively, for Caucasians. In the future, the optimal cut-off levels for obesity and abdominal obesity may require adjustment as the demographic characteristics of the Korean population change. In addition, development of more valid indicators that better reflect health risks of obesity is needed.
Nam et al. (Sun,) reported a other. Diagnostic criteria for obesity and abdominal obesity in Korean adults may require future adjustment as demographics change, highlighting the need for more valid indicators of health risks.