OBJECTIVE: To examine the long-term association between the amount and type of alcohol consumed and subsequent high waist circumference. DESIGN: Prospective population study with baseline assessment ...

Obesity is commonly diagnosed using BMI, but this approach has several limitations. Researchers at Lund University and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with large waist circumference had a greater risk for death across all BMI categories. Researchers ...

Waist circumference is directly related to all-cause mortality when adjusted for body mass index (BMI). Body fat and fat-free body mass, when mutually adjusted, show with increasing values an ...

Why Your Middle Is a Measure of Health Risk ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio were stronger predictors of heart failure and systemic ...

Waist circumference gives a better prediction of diabetes risk than does BMI. Waist circumference gives a better prediction of diabetes risk than does BMI. This is the conclusion drawn by Silke Feller ...

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the primary method for assessing weight-related health risks. Calculated using height and weight, BMI is used to classify individuals as underweight, normal ...

Our waistlines have a frustrating tendency to increase as we get older. Rest assured it happens to almost everyone — a combination of changing hormones, changes in lifestyle, and pesky genetics. But ...

A new study has found the waistlines of Australian adults are increasing faster than body weight. Researchers from Deakin and Monash Universities found we need to re-evaluate how we monitor overweight ...

Learn the key differences between being overweight and having obesity, the limitations of BMI, and the latest medical ...