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 ...

Waist circumference is a stronger predictor of obesity-related cancer risk than BMI in men, but not in women, due to ...

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 ...

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

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

Obesity has long been established ... is a proxy more closely related to abdominal adiposity." Overall, the researchers found waist circumference to be a more accurate cancer predictor than ...

Obesity-related cancers were ... provide information on fat distribution, whereas waist circumference is a proxy more closely related to abdominal adiposity,” explained the authors, Ming Sun ...