PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Wareham, Nick TI - Measures of Central Obesity are Better than BMI for Understanding Cardiometabolic Risk DP - 2011 Jun 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 11--12 VI - 11 IP - 2 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/2/11.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/2/11.full AB - Studying abdominal obesity provides important clues on the pathophysiology and natural history of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This article provides recent insights on abdominal obesity and cardiometabolic risk from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer [EPIC] study.