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

Waist-to-hip ratio is the circumference of your waist ... But usually if people have abdominal obesity, they have more visceral fat than is healthy, regardless of how much subcutaneous fat there ...

Exploratory endpoints included the effect of DA-1726 on metabolic parameters, cardiac parameters, fasting lipid levels, body weight, waist circumference ... the treatment of obesity and is ...

The body mass index (BMI) chart helps determine obesity levels in both women and men. Healthcare providers also use it to determine whether their patients are at a healthy weight. That said, some ...

Central obesity indicates that you have excessive visceral fat in your abdomen. This can be determined by dividing your waist size by your hip size, known as your waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). If the WHR ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Traverse City native Henry Puffington is making waves in the hip-hop scene with his latest release and project titled “The Golden Ratio.” This collaborative EP release ...

BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of checks that could give a clue to your current wellbeing – and a pathway to an active, longer life ...

There are more than 200 bridges in Cambria County, and 65 of them have been named in honor of veterans. Jon Draeger has the story of the latest soldier to earn that distinction.

4 University College London Hospital (UCLH) Bariatric Centre for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery, London, UK Background Although social networks’ influence on obesity has been ... mass index ...

The following is a summary of “Association between waist-to-height ratio and insulin resistance in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: a meta-analysis,” published in the April 2025 issue of ...