When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight.

People with high WHR are prone to more health risks than those with low WHR. Waist to Hip Ratio is also an indicator of obesity. A waist to hip ratio of 0.7 or less is considered ideal for women. For ...

His earlier research has also shown that waist-to-height ratio predicts both total body adiposity and central adiposity.

Others say that BMI is inaccurate as it does not account for muscle mass, and that waist-hip ratio is a better method ... The levels of overweight and obesity in countries as the USA or UK ...

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a researcher reported in a study published in Obesity and Endocrinology.

The team included 512 participants in the diet quality analysis and 664 in the waist-to-hip ratio analysis. The findings ...

Growth-hormone (GH) secretion is reduced in obesity, but studies of GH therapy ... was associated with significantly decreased mean waist:hip ratio (−0.01), fat mass (−0.9 kg), percent body ...

Similarly, health experts are advocating for the adoption of the Body Roundness Index (BRI), which measures central obesity and ... approach that includes waist-to-hip ratio, body fat percentage ...