TY - JOUR AU - Siren, Reijo AU - Eriksson, Johan G. AU - Vanhanen, Hannu PY - 2012 DA - 2012/08/09 TI - Waist circumference a good indicator of future risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease JO - BMC Public Health SP - 631 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Abdominal obesity is a more important risk factor than overall obesity in predicting the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. From a preventive and public health point of view it is crucial that risk factors are identified at an early stage, in order to change and modify behaviour and lifestyle in high risk individuals. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-631 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-12-631 ID - Siren2012 ER -