The following is a summary of "Best anthropometric indices to predict colon cancer," published in the April 2025 issue of the BMC Gastroenterology by Wang et al. Colon cancer remains a leading cause ...

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

Virtually all individuals identified as having obesity based on body mass index (BMI) also had confirmed excess adiposity, ...

BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of checks that could give a clue to your current wellbeing – and a pathway to an active, longer life ...

Thus, waist-to-height ratio has emerged as a more reliable measure, with a ratio higher than 0.5 signaling potential health risks,” he said. Explaining how children born with low birth weight ...

Higher fat mass, waist-to-height ratio, and waist circumference were significantly associated with hard coronary heart disease outcomes in the MESA cohort. (European Journal of Preventive ...

The following is a summary of “Association between waist-to-height ratio and insulin resistance in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: a meta-analysis,” published in the April 2025 issue of ...

High and excess fat according to waist-to-height ratio was tied to higher odds for prediabetes and diabetes. Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and ...

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 ...