When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight.

Waist circumference is a stronger predictor of obesity-related cancer risk than BMI in men, but not in women, due to ...

A new study from Lund University in Malmö, Sweden, revealed that waist circumference is a stronger risk indicator for obesity-related cancers in men than Body Mass Index (BMI). The research ...

Accordingly, the Union home ministry directed the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) VIP security wing to scale down the number of personnel and protocol, according to the Z category, for Kaur, they ...

African American men see biggest survival gain from healthier lifestyles post prostate cancer diagnosis Mar 4, 2025 Excess body weight linked to increased risk for second primary neoplasm ...

"Obesity is closely related to cancer and every year, 5% of the new cancer cases for men, 10% of cancer cases for women can be attributed to excessive obesity or body weight, so it is a very ...

To fairly compare WC and BMI (which are measured on different scales), the researchers used ... amount of increase in each measurement. In men, the results showed that: An 11 cm increase in ...

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.

0.001 BMI indicates body mass index; CKD-EPI, chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; IOP, intraocular ...

Aim: The objective of this research was to determine the static postural control differences measured from a force platform in Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and healthy control groups with different ...

Conventional anthropometry, including body mass index (BMI), while easy to use clinically may misrepresent adiposity. We determined the diagnostic accuracy of BMI using dual-energy X-ray ...