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Figure 4. Waist circumference (measured at the iliac crest while subjects stood and placed their hands on opposite shoulders) curves for North American Children age 5-19 years derived from NHANES III data (196) by the Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group (https://cpeg-gcep.net/content/waist-circumference-and-waist-height-ratio-charts). Charted indices for these variables at extreme of body fatness are currently not available.