The military’s new height to waist standards aim to better measure health and readiness, but raise concerns about fairness, ...

A new health measure shows waist-to-height ratio can judge obesity risk better than BMI. Learn how to use this quick method ...

As muscle mass declines and abdominal fat rises with age, BMI can be misleading. A new study finds waist-to-height ratio better reflects real obesity risk in older adults ...

Waist-to-height ratio ‘outperforms’ BMI in identification of serious health risks, analysis of over 120,000 people suggests ...

An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Waist-to-height ratio may be more prognostic of heart failure outcomes than BMI. The finding could question ...

While obesity is a known risk factor for heart disease, a new study showed that the ratio of a person's waist measurement compared to their height is more reliable than body mass index (BMI) at ...

MÁLAGA, Spain — Children with a gradually increasing waist-to-height ratio trajectory (a marker of central obesity) during the first decade of life show signs of increased cardiometabolic and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KSWO) - The U.S. military is replacing long-standing height-and-weight charts with ‘waist-to-height ratio’ ...