The relationship between belly size and hip size appears to be a more useful measure of health risk than the widely used body-mass index, or BMI. According to a study published in The Lancet, a ...

You’re probably familiar with your waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) in the context of shopping for clothes, but a growing body of research finds this measurement is key for assessing future risk of developing ...

Scientists link a high body mass index (BMI)—a measure that determines whether you’re considered normal weight, overweight, or obese—with a bunch of serious health conditions. But as we reported in ...

Is your weight problematic? The answer is not as straightforward as you might think. Sure, there are scales and charts and different scientific methods of calculating “overweight and overall fatness,” ...

WOMEN Who have a higher waist to hip ratio are a fifth more likely to get womb cancer, new research suggests. Experts from the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) carried out a detailed study into women ...