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 ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many types of cancer. However, new research to be presented at this year’s ...

An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected ...

Troops must have a waist measurement close to or less than half their height or risk being placed in their service's remedial programs.

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 ...

Dementia cases had lower BMI and waist circumference and faster declines; HDL levels generally higher predementia. (HealthDay News) — Lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference and higher ...

The distribution of educational levels varies widely in the EPIC cohort (Table 1). The percentage of men having only completed primary school ranged from 10.9% (Dutch cohorts) to 38.7% (Spanish ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many types of cancer. However, new research to be presented at this year's ...

Waist circumference-to-height ratio has been identified as an inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI). The new study - conducted by the ...