the risk of obesity are sensitive to whether BMI or waist circumference is used to define obesity. Education and two … obesity defined using waist circumference, an educational gradient, which is not present when classifying men using BMI …

of obesity are sensitive to whether BMI or waist circumference is used to define obesity. Education and income are used … and women. Among women, the consequence is a steeper income gradient when obesity is defined using waist circumference … estimating the probability of obesity defined by waist circumference, an educational gradient, which is not present when …

measures of fatness: BMI and waist circumference entered linearly as continuous variables and obesity as a categorical variable … defined using both BMI and waist circumference. Controls for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, socioeconomic … elasticity associated with waist circumference is larger than the elasticity associated with BMI. The results for men indicate …