A new analysis of the Whitehall II cohort study shows that waist circumference is a stronger predictor of functional disability in older adults than BMI. The 11-year follow-up of 4,593 UK civil servants found that simple clinical measures—waist circumference, walking speed, and chair rise time—outperformed standard anthropometric screening. — Photo by B Y G on Unsplash (Unsplash License)
Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Medical Journal and Chair of the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). He is Professor and Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at David Tvildiani Medical University, and Secretary/Treasurer of the UEMS Section of Public Health. ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
