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 ...

Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), also known as waist-hip ratio, is the circumference of the waist divided by the circumference of the hips. Research associates a high WHR with certain health risks. The WHR ...

While obesity remains a pressing public health threat, prevention and treatment are made difficult by the limits of the BMI to accurately measure excess adiposity, according to the study’s authors.

Objective Low body fat and high physical activity levels are key lifestyle factors in cancer prevention, but the interplay of abdominal obesity and physical activity on cancer risk remains unknown. We ...