Ethnic and sex specific definitions of obesity (based on waist circumference) used in the International Diabetes Federation's definition of metabolic syndrome

Ethnic group	Waist circumference (women; men)
Europids	≥80cm; ≥94cm
South Asians, Chinese, Japanese	≥80cm; ≥90cm
Ethnic south and central Americans	Use data for South Asians pending more specific research data
Sub-Saharan Africans; eastern Mediterranean and middle eastern (Arab) populations	Use data for Europids pending more specific research data