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Many countries have nowadays a low, or even negative/ neutral, demographic growth rate, with the number of older inhabitants increasing in a higher pace than that of newly born. Such population aging results, naturally, in a higher incidence of diseases1. Meanwhile, the growing modernization and urbanization in the latest decades generate changes in the populations’ food standards, which has also collaborated significantly to the increase in the prevalence of non-transmissible chronic diseases (NTCD)1. Aging causes important alterations in the individual’s body composition, with changes in muscle mass and in the body fat distribution standard2. The body mass index (BMI) has shown to be useful for diagnosing obesity, but it is limited regarding body composition data2. Thus, the waist circumference (WC) has been considered as an efficient manner of estimating volume and distribution of that fat. Moreover, the fat central distribution standard, revealed by WC, is correlated to some infirmities, like diabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD)3. Internacional Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences. 2015;28(5):400-408 |
