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What is the significance of the waist-to-hip ratio measurement?
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Measure visceral fat: This is a brief way to measure the proportion of visceral fat to body fat. This has implications for cardivascular disease progression and essentially is a shorthand notation of the apple to pear body type.
Answered 9/28/2016
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