A new study suggests your weight-to-height ratio may reveal heart disease risk more accurately than BMI. Subjects with larger ...

A larger-than-ideal waist is not only less than great for fitting into your clothes, it also has health risks, according to Craig Peters, a cardiologist with HonorHealth. Waist measurement has an even ...

Is your weight problematic? The answer is not as straightforward as you might think. Sure, there are scales and charts and different scientific methods of calculating “overweight and overall fatness,” ...

The best tool for predicting the risk of heart disease may be a tape measure, researchers said Tuesday. Studies presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association show that having a big waist ...

In a world chock-full of high-tech health monitoring gadgets and apps, you might be surprised to learn that an item stocked at the local dollar store — a tape measure — could be more accurate than a ...

Let's set our feelings about looking great in a bikini aside for a sec, and simply talk about health. Have you ever measured the circumference of your waist? Interestingly, it may tell you some ...

Sept. 23, 2002 — Waist circumference is a better indicator of cardiovascular (CV) risk than is body mass index (BMI), according to results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ...

While obesity is a known risk factor for heart disease, a new study showed that the ratio of a person's waist measurement ...

Emma Gearon receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship, and Deakin University. A new study has found the waistlines of Australian adults are increasing faster ...

The ratio of a person's waist measurement compared to their height is more reliable than body mass index (BMI) at predicting ...