A new study suggests your weight-to-height ratio may reveal heart disease risk more accurately than BMI. Subjects with larger ...

A large study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas shows that waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a stronger and ...

The Yale team defined BMI-defined obesity using well-established threshold set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatric ...

Using waist-to-height ratio is more effective at predicting an individual’s heart disease risk than body mass index (BMI), ...

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The median increase in waist circumference was 3 cm in men and 4 cm in women; 25 and 34% of men and women, respectively, increased their waist by ≥7 cm, 14% decreased their waist by ≥3 cm, and 29% ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk for gestational diabetes is significantly increased in Chinese women whose BMI, measured within 12 ...

Objective Low body fat and high physical activity levels are key lifestyle factors in cancer prevention, but the interplay of abdominal obesity and physical activity on cancer risk remains unknown. We ...

Your waistline may say more about your current health than your BMI, according to new research. Now, we hate to be the bearer of bad news but: as our waistlines expand, so do the risks. And while ...

A new study has shown that that visceral obesity may be associated with an increased risk for dementia among older individuals. Image Credit: Lightspring / Shutterstock.com The researchers also found ...

The ratio of a person's waist measurement compared to their height is more reliable than body mass index (BMI) at predicting ...