Research has shown that the placement of body fat may be a more reliable indicator of what than the degree of total body fatness?
A) Obesity C) Chronic disease process
B) Disease risk D) Body composition
B
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Recent evidence indicates that waist circumference may be an acceptable alternative to BMI measurement. In fact, the location of excess body fat may be a more important and reliable indicator of disease risk than the degree of total body fatness.
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