Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index ...

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

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for obesity-related cancers — but only for men, not for women. Experts weighed in.

The size of a man’s waistband is a better predictor of cancer risk than traditional body mass index measurements, research ...

A group of Swedish researchers came to this conclusion after analysing almost 340,000 patient health records and their waist circumference and body-mass-index (BMI) over more than a decade.

THE size of a man's waist may be a better indicator of his likelihood of developing cancer than body mass index (BMI), a new study has revealed. For years, NHS doctors have used BMI to assess ...

Nearly all U.S. adults with obesity as diagnosed by BMI also have an elevated waist circumference or excess body fat, ...

Waist circumference was shown to be a stronger marker than body mass index (BMI) for the risk of developing obesity-related cancers in men but not in women, a Swedish study showed. Data on BMI and ...

Now, new research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for obesity-related cancers — but only for men, not for women. The findings ...