Researchers consider the weight-adjusted waist index a more precise predictor of mortality risk in patients with ...

Waist circumference is a stronger predictor of obesity-related cancer risk than BMI in men, but not in women, due to differences in fat distribution and metabolic activity. Body size and excess weight ...

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

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

New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows an ...

High sodium intake is linked to greater obesity risk, particularly in women, even when it comes from everyday foods. New ...

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

The Indian pot belly - once a badge of prosperity, indulgence and aging respectability - has long been a target of satire and ...

A recent study shows that traditional insulin resistance measures such as HOMA-IR are more predictive of insulin resistance ...

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% had confirmed excess adiposity when using diagnostic criteria recently laid ...