A new study from Lund University in Malmö, Sweden, revealed that waist circumference is a stronger risk indicator for obesity ...

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While BMI has long been used to assess body weight and cancer risk ... in each measurement. In men, the results showed that: An 11 cm increase in waist size (e.g., from 90 cm to 100.8 cm) was ...

Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), also known ... 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 a person’s body ...

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Now, 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 ... of body size, but does not ...

Researchers have found that waist circumference ... risk in men compared to body mass index. The study, conducted by scientists from Lund University, Sweden, was published in The Journal of the ...

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