Why Waist-to-Hip Ratio Matters What’s a Healthy WHR? How to Calculate WHR WHR vs. BMI How to Change Your WHR Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is an alternative to body mass index (BMI) that may do a better ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether waist and hip circumferences, in addition to body mass index (BMI), are related to all-cause mortality. We studied these associations and tested the usefulness of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . People with BMI-defined severe obesity but a healthy waist-to-hip ratio did not have increased mortality risk.

Objective: To investigate waist circumference (WC), waist–hip ratio, hip circumference and body mass index (BMI) as risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Aboriginal Australians. Methods: This ...

Heart disease patients have another reason to bemoan their bellies. In a study being published this month, researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester conclude that patients with both coronary artery ...

Yusuf S, Hawken S, Ôunpuu S, et al. Obesity and the risk of myocardial infarction in 27 000 participants from 52 countries: a case–control study. Lancet 2005;366(9497):1640-9. Background: It has been ...

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, a cardiologist urges people to know a key body measurement that's associated with cardiovascular disease and predicts mortality.

Mauritius is an Indian Ocean island ~800 km from Madagascar. The population is largely of South Asian Indian (68%) and African (Creole) (27%) origin. African Mauritians are of mixed East African and ...

The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded us that body ideals are culturally constructed and not based on science.

A tape measure, not just a bathroom scale, may help you better assess your heart disease risk. Researchers found that people with a larger waist-to-hip ratio may be at increased risk for heart disease ...