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 ...

Having a larger waistline, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome is associated with an increased risk of young-onset dementia, according to a new study.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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, ...