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 ...

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The data reveal that the percentage of adolescents affected rose from 22% in the period 2008–2010 to 33% in 2021–2023 —an increase of 50%. The research is detailed in two separate studies ...

Severe obesity raises the risk of 16 major health conditions Higher obesity classes show stronger disease associations Urgent action needed to tackle the rising obesity burden The findings ...

BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of checks that could give a clue to your current wellbeing – and a pathway to an active, longer life ...

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 Cardiology) ...

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 ...