While body mass ... body size (such as waist circumference measurements) to get a better picture of your fat distribution. On average, women tend to have higher body fat percentages than men ...

Your ideal weight includes many factors such as your age, sex, height, medical conditions, body ... and waist measurements are screening tools. But in general, here are the guidelines for men ...

THE size of a man's waist may be a better indicator of his likelihood of developing cancer than body mass index (BMI), a ... way to assess cancer risk in men. This isn’t the first time waist ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for obesity-related cancers — but only for men, not for women. Experts weighed in.

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a ...

A study found that waist size is a ... have relied on BMI (body mass index) to diagnose obesity and the subsequent increased risk of cancer, waist size in men can better predict whether there ...