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Relationship between changes in body weight and waist circumference in Japanese

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Abstract

Objectives

We investigated the correlation between changes in body weight and body composition parameters.

Methods

We used the data of 2635 Japanese (40.2±12.2 years) at baseline and at 1-year follow-up from a database of 13522 subjects, which is available at the Okayama Southern Institute of Health in Okayama prefecture, Japan. Body weight, waist circumference at the umbilical level, hip circumference, and body fat percentage were used in the analyses.

Results

Body composition parameters were significantly reduced after 1 year. Changes in body weight significantly correlated with changes in waist circumference, changes in hip circumference, and changes in body fat percentage. A decrease in body weight of 3 kg corresponded to a 3.45 cm decrease in waist circumference in men and a 2.83 cm decrease in that in women.

Conclusion

A decrease in body weight of 3 kg corresponded to an almost 3 cm decrease in waist circumference at the umbilical level in Japanese men and women.

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  1. Okayama Southern Institute of Health, Okayama Health Foundation, 408-1 Hirata, 700-0952, Okayama, Japan

    Nobuyuki Miyatake, Sumiko Matsumoto & Takeyuki Numata

  2. National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan

    Motohiko Miyachi

  3. Department of Health Care Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

    Masafumi Fujii

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  1. Nobuyuki Miyatake
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Correspondence to Nobuyuki Miyatake.

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Miyatake, N., Matsumoto, S., Miyachi, M. et al. Relationship between changes in body weight and waist circumference in Japanese. Environ Health Prev Med 12, 220–223 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1265/ehpm.12.220

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