In a world chock-full of high-tech health monitoring gadgets and apps, you might be surprised to learn that an item stocked at the local dollar store — a tape measure — could be more accurate than a ...

Want to gauge your risk for developing Type 2 diabetes? Don’t just step on the scale — reach for a measuring tape too, a new study suggests. The circumference of your waist can tell you a lot about ...

Nov. 7, 2003 — Enlarged waist circumference is associated with a syndrome of lipid overaccumulation and increased mortality, according to the results of a cross-sectional study published in the ...

A study concludes that including waist circumference measurements in clinical practice, together with the traditional height and weight measurements, would make it easier to detect children and ...

A high waist circumference signals that a significant amount of the excess fat is visceral fat How many times have you looked into the mirror and realised that you have accumulated fat on your body?

The World Health Organization's current weight-based guidelines for assessing malnutrition in children with diarrhea are not as reliable as measuring the child's upper arm circumference, new research ...

Yes; careful statistical analysis has demonstrated that waist circumference is not only an important and easily measured marker for the metabolic syndrome, but it also captures new information. Why is ...

It is disappointing for many men and women entering middle age. You can get an idea of whether or not you are at risk of obesity-related chronic diseases. Gaining few extra pounds during the year may ...

The arm circumference may be a more reliable indicator of malnutrition among children rather than their body weight, said a new research published in the Journal of Nutrition on Tuesday. The study’s ...

Adam C. Levine, M.D., an emergency medicine physician at Rhode Island Hospital found that the World Health Organization's current weight-based guidelines for assessing malnutrition in children with ...