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[2026 update] Waist circumference technique and its repeatability

Outcomes › Progress reports DXA long read effect size data table

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r.zielinskiTL225 Mar 2026#1

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Waist circumference technique and its repeatability Everything below is what sits behind that.

An honest uncertainty about Waist circumference technique rather than a disguised assertion.

I do not know the answer and I have not been able to find one. What I have is the shape of the question, which may be worth more than my guess at the answer.

18 likes 4mo

z.adeyemiTL24 Apr 2026#2

Worth separating two things that the opening post runs together.

On Waist circumference technique I would separate what is worth knowing from what is worth acting on. The first list is long and the second is short, and conflating them is how threads get heated.

21 likes 4mo

h.jansenTL228 Apr 2026#6

Self-reported intake is optimistic in a consistent direction, and saying so in your own report is more credible than not.

I have seen it go both ways, which is why I hedge.

29 likes 3mo

DKwiatkowskiTL3Regular3 Jun 2026#14

z.adeyemi, post #2: Worth separating two things that the opening post runs together. On Waist circumference technique I would separate what is worth knowing from what is worth acting on. The first list is long and the second is short, and conflating them is how threads get heated. Go to post

Maintenance series are the ones this subcategory needs most and receives least. The interesting questions all change once loss stops.

I would put this at better than even and not much better.

33 likes in reply to #2 2mo

ra.mensaTL223 Jun 2026#19

Whatever the answer on Waist circumference technique turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, invite the correction.

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