“…[6][7][8] Normal adiposity of the abdomen (flat abdomen) is viewed as the ideal abdominal adiposity in western societies [6,7] in contrast to the perception in traditional Nigerian societies where protruding abdomen (abdominal obesity) is culturally perceived as a symbol of good health and wealth. [1,3,5] The clinical criteria for defining obesity have been variously described including anthropometric measurement of body mass index, [9,10,11] waist circumference (WC), [1,5] waist hip ratio, [2] neck circumference [12] among others and imaging techniques such as computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging. [1,2] Although, the imaging methods are the gold standard for assessing abdominal adiposity, they are expensive for large scale epidemiological studies.…”