BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of checks that could give a clue to your current wellbeing ...

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

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

It comes after Nice told NHS medics to measure people’s waist-to-height ratio as well as BMI when diagnosing obesity. Some scientists have argued that obesity has been over-diagnosed based on ...

The NHS advises to people to look at their waist to height ratio rather than just their wait circumference to determine if they have a healthy level of body fat. To do so, use a tape measure ...

THE size of a man's waist may be a better indicator of his likelihood of developing cancer than body mass index (BMI), a new study has revealed. For years, NHS doctors have used BMI to assess ...

Recent researches indicate that Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) differs in patients with PCOS accompanied by IR compared to those with PCOS alone; however, a consensus has yet to be reached. This ...

These methods include a direct measurement of body fat (DEXA scan) or a combination of other body size measurements, such as waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio ... Adult ...