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 ...

The size of a man’s waistband is a better predictor of cancer risk than traditional body mass index measurements, research ...

However, body mass index (BMI), which is traditionally used to measure excess weight, was not as accurate in assessing ... people to look at their waist to height ratio rather than just their ...

waist-to-hip and waist-to-height ratios, and direct body fat measurements for a more accurate assessment. This suggests that many of the 17.6 million Britons classified as obese under the decades ...

Its authors call for a paradigm shift in the assessment of obesity and suggest the use of more accurate indicators, such as waist-to-height ratio or muscle strength tests. “The use of BMI ...

BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of checks that could give a clue to your current wellbeing ...

Its authors call for a paradigm shift in the assessment of obesity and suggest the use of more accurate indicators, such as waist-to-height ratio or muscle strength tests. “The use of BMI becomes ...