S D Hsieh

Summary

Affiliation: Toranomon Hospital
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi The superiority of waist-to-height ratio as an anthropometric index to evaluate clustering of coronary risk factors among non-obese men and women
    Shiun Dong Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital, Minato ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Prev Med 40:216-20. 2005
  2. ncbi Waist-to-height ratio, a simple and practical index for assessing central fat distribution and metabolic risk in Japanese men and women
    S D Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 27:610-6. 2003
  3. ncbi Channels of cigarette distribution, price and tobacco consumption in Italy
    Silvano Gallus
    Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
    Prev Med 42:132-4. 2006
  4. ncbi Metabolic syndrome in Japanese men and women with special reference to the anthropometric criteria for the assessment of obesity: Proposal to use the waist-to-height ratio
    Shiun Dong Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital, Minato ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Prev Med 42:135-9. 2006
  5. ncbi Clustering of other metabolic risk factors in subjects with metabolic syndrome
    Shiun Dong Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    Metabolism 59:697-702. 2010
  6. ncbi Urgency of reassessment of role of obesity indices for metabolic risks
    Shiun Dong Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105 0001, Japan
    Metabolism 59:834-40. 2010
  7. ncbi [Waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio]
    Shiun Dong Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital
    Nippon Rinsho 60:691-8. 2002
  8. ncbi [A simple and practical index for assessing the risk of metabolic syndrome during routine health checkups]
    Shiun Dong Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital
    Nippon Rinsho 62:1143-9. 2004
  9. ncbi Six reasons why the waist-to-height ratio is a rapid and effective global indicator for health risks of obesity and how its use could simplify the international public health message on obesity
    Margaret Ashwell
    Oxford Brookes University, Ashwell Associates, Ashwell Street, Ashwell, UK, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, UK
    Int J Food Sci Nutr 56:303-7. 2005

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi The superiority of waist-to-height ratio as an anthropometric index to evaluate clustering of coronary risk factors among non-obese men and women
    Shiun Dong Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital, Minato ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Prev Med 40:216-20. 2005
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  2. ncbi Waist-to-height ratio, a simple and practical index for assessing central fat distribution and metabolic risk in Japanese men and women
    S D Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 27:610-6. 2003
    ....
  3. ncbi Channels of cigarette distribution, price and tobacco consumption in Italy
    Silvano Gallus
    Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
    Prev Med 42:132-4. 2006
    ..Limited information is available on the role of smuggling and of perceived influence of cigarette price on tobacco consumption in Italy. To elucidate the issues, we included specific questions in a survey on smoking in Italy...
  4. ncbi Metabolic syndrome in Japanese men and women with special reference to the anthropometric criteria for the assessment of obesity: Proposal to use the waist-to-height ratio
    Shiun Dong Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital, Minato ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Prev Med 42:135-9. 2006
    ..Obesity is one of the criteria for defining metabolic syndrome. However, overt obesity in Asians is relatively low despite high prevalence of metabolic risks...
  5. ncbi Clustering of other metabolic risk factors in subjects with metabolic syndrome
    Shiun Dong Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    Metabolism 59:697-702. 2010
    ..Further study is also needed to clarify the most appropriate definition of metabolic syndrome so as to include the spectrum of risk factors that best represents the future risk of cardiovascular and other diseases...
  6. ncbi Urgency of reassessment of role of obesity indices for metabolic risks
    Shiun Dong Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105 0001, Japan
    Metabolism 59:834-40. 2010
    ..However, WHtR 0.5 provides a very useful algorithm for screening persons at risk...
  7. ncbi [Waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio]
    Shiun Dong Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital
    Nippon Rinsho 60:691-8. 2002
  8. ncbi [A simple and practical index for assessing the risk of metabolic syndrome during routine health checkups]
    Shiun Dong Hsieh
    Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital
    Nippon Rinsho 62:1143-9. 2004
    ..Even normal-weight subjects with W/Ht > or = 0.5 demonstrated significantly higher risk for clustering of > or = 2 coronary risk factors, other metabolic risks, and a sedentary history than those with W/Ht < 0.5...
  9. ncbi Six reasons why the waist-to-height ratio is a rapid and effective global indicator for health risks of obesity and how its use could simplify the international public health message on obesity
    Margaret Ashwell
    Oxford Brookes University, Ashwell Associates, Ashwell Street, Ashwell, UK, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, UK
    Int J Food Sci Nutr 56:303-7. 2005
    ..This simple message is: Keep your waist circumference to less than half your height...