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

Experts believe measuring waist circumference is a more accurate way to predict cancer risk in men - Tim Platt/Digital Vision The size of a man’s waistband is a better predictor of cancer risk than ...

Waist size is a good indicator of a person’s risk of insulin resistance -- an early stage in the development of diabetes and heart disease, researchers said on Friday. Waist circumference is already ...

New research involving nearly 140,000 postmenopausal women reveals that measuring waist circumference alongside body mass index modestly improves the ability to predict mortality risk in older women.

Q: My physician has said that my waist is too large -- it is about 42 inches. I am 5 feet 6 inches and 185 pounds. Is that just a polite way of saying I need to lose weight? Why focus on my waist size ...

A study has found that even among older adults with normal weight, a larger waist circumference increases the risk of cancer, highlighting the importance of managing abdominal fat for cancer ...

Heart attack survivors who carry extra weight around their belly are at greater risk of another heart attack, new research has found, another reason why measuring your waist may be more important than ...

Share on Pinterest A new study investigates whether or not tai chi might help reduce waist circumference. Grant Faint/Getty Images Waist circumference is a reliable proxy for central obesity. Tai chi ...

The world’s largest waist, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was 119 inches — the circumference of a 1,400-pound man named Walter Hudson. The average adult male American weighs almost ...

According to a new study, you don’t have to be afraid of bread anymore. While you might already know that eating whole grains rather than processed bread can lower your blood sugar and help your heart ...

Doctors are increasingly looking beyond body mass index (BMI) and waist size to better understand how fat distribution in the ...