Did you know your waistline might be telling you more than just your fitness level? Research shows that every 4-inch increase ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

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 ...

Findings of a study comparing waist circumference to BMI for predicting the development of obesity-related cancers show that ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many ...

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

The authors explain, "BMI is a measure of body size, but does not provide information on fat distribution, whereas waist circumference is a proxy more closely related to abdominal adiposity.

However, new research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) and published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that waist ...