The following is a summary of "Association of waist circumference with long-term all-cause mortality and cardiac death in ...

The following is a summary of "Association of waist circumference with long-term all-cause mortality and cardiac death in ...

A well-managed body shape can be attractive to the opposite intimacy. Pointing to the recent limitations of body mass index (BMI), 'Waist-Hip-Ratio (WHR)', which is a number that divides the waist ...

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

Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index ...

Sticking to an exercise routine is a challenge many people face. But a research team is using machine learning to uncover what keeps individuals committed to their workouts.

Among the 2,225 adults in the study, all under 60 years of age, 39.7% had obesity as defined only by higher BMI, while 39.1% ...

Nearly all U.S. adults with obesity as diagnosed by BMI also have an elevated waist circumference or excess body fat, ...

Around 40% of women and 12% of men in India have abdominal obesity, a waist over 90cm for men and 80cm for women, according ...

Urban populations were found to be more affected than rural ones, with high waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratios ... body fat than white Caucasians at the same Body Mass Index. (BMI is a simple ...

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 ...