Waist-to-height ratio is an affordable and universally accessible, accurate and precise tool for detecting high and excess fat in children and adolescents." His earlier research has also shown ...

The following is a summary of “Association between waist-to-height ratio and insulin resistance in patients with polycystic ...

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

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study. Published in Obesity and ...

However, body mass index (BMI), which is traditionally used to measure excess weight, was not as accurate in assessing ... people to look at their waist to height ratio rather than just their ...

The size of a man’s waistband is a better predictor of cancer risk than traditional body mass index measurements, research ...

waist-to-hip and waist-to-height ratios, and direct body fat measurements for a more accurate assessment. This suggests that many of the 17.6 million Britons classified as obese under the decades ...

Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), also known as waist-hip ratio ... BMI is a calculation of a person’s body fat based on their height and weight. However, studies suggest it is a poor indicator of ...

That seems like pretty important info, but how accurate is BMI for predicting ... leading to potentially overlooked health risks. Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR): WHtR is calculated by dividing ...

Annual monitoring of BMI and waist-to-height ratio is a powerful tool to help prevent problems developing such as the onset of diabetes, heart disease or other obesity-related conditions.

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study. Published in Obesity and ...

"Waist-to-height ratio is an affordable and universally accessible, accurate and precise tool for detecting high and excess fat in children and adolescents," says Andrew Agbaje, who is a physician ...