Given that heart disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S., it’s important to know what your risk is. Maybe you already know some of the factors that can put you at increased risk: having ...

The relationship between belly size and hip size appears to be a more useful measure of health risk than the widely used body-mass index, or BMI. According to a study published in The Lancet, a ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether waist and hip circumferences, in addition to body mass index (BMI), are related to all-cause mortality. We studied these associations and tested the usefulness of the ...

A higher waist-to-hip ratio could mean you are at a much higher risk of obesity, another study has indicated. Hundreds of genes are part of the obesity process, but researchers have discovered a gene ...

Older people with high waist-hip ratios (WHRs) have a higher mortality risk than those with a high body mass index, or BMI, a new study reveals. Whereas justifiable attention is given to the ...

Even today, many people rely on weighing themselves as the approach towards understanding their body composition and health. There are several limitations with looking at your weight. When you start ...

The waist to hip ratio calculator gives determines the possibility of health risks and is an indication of whether you have an apple or pear shaped figure. The waist to hip ratio measurement is ...

Body mass index (BMI) has long been the go-to way of scrutinising whether we're in shape or not. But its time may finally be up. Researchers claim the hated measurement should be ditched in favour of ...

WOMEN Who have a higher waist to hip ratio are a fifth more likely to get womb cancer, new research suggests. Experts from the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) carried out a detailed study into women ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer in the UK according to Cancer Research UK, representing up to 12% of total cancer cases from 2017 to 2019. Overweight and obesity are known ...

Women who have a higher waist to hip ratio face an increased risk of womb cancer, a study suggests. Researchers found that for every 0.1 unit increase in the ratio between waist and hip, the risk of ...