Risk of death from all causes may be higher in people with central obesity than people with fat elsewhere in the body. One good measure of central obesity risk is the relationship of:

1.body weight to BMI.
2.waist size to height.
3.body weight to waist size.
4.waist size to BMI.
5.waist size to height.


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