A new study from Lund University in Malmö, Sweden, revealed that waist circumference is a stronger risk indicator for obesity ...

In pursuit of an hourglass figure, some patients (and their plastic surgeons) are exploring a dramatic new frontier in body contouring.

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a ...

Smart scales, also known as body fat scales, not only measure your body weight and Body Mass Index ... the current skips over ...

A major new study from Sweden has found that waist circumference (WC)—a simple measure of abdominal fat—may be a more ...

Measuring your waist could reveal if you are at risk of at least six cancers, new research suggests. Experts found a four inch (11cm) increase in waist measurement over the course of 14 years ...

For the uninitiated, while waist size reveals abdominal fat accumulating around vital organs, BMI fails to measure the fat levels and where it is deposited around the body. The study found that an ...

But now, Swedish scientists believe that measuring waist circumference is a more accurate way to assess cancer risk in men. This isn’t the first time waist size has been tied to higher health risks.

Clinicians should not rely only on a BMI number to measure a person’s physical well-being, but instead check their patients’ waist circumference, blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol ...

Rescuers found the lost hiker near a snowy trail in the White Mountains, New Hampshire officials said. Getty images/iStockphoto A hiker lost in heavy snow and without cell service sent a last ...