High and excess fat according to waist-to-height ratio was tied to higher odds for prediabetes and diabetes. Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and ...

The UK National Institute for Health Care and Excellence has also recommended waist-to-height ratio as a tool to predict health risks associated with central adiposity in children. The present ...

Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), also known as waist-hip ratio, is the circumference of the waist divided by the circumference of the hips. Research associates a high WHR with certain health risks.