Stratifying body mass index (BMI) categories by waist circumference (WC) thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in ...

THE infamous beer belly – something you might joke about with your mates or have prodded by your partner with a wink. You ...

Researchers found that higher relative fat mass (RFM), a measure of visceral body fat, is significantly associated with ...

Objective To evaluate the changes in body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) and their associations with the prevalence of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Chinese adults ...

For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according ...

BMI fails to predict long-term mortality risk, while direct body fat measurement via bioelectrical impedance is a far more accurate indicator. The study, published in the Annals of Family Medicine, ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate, but authors of a new study say a different ...

Body fat analysis is a better means of predicting a person’s health than body mass index Body fat and waist circumference both significantly predicted people’s 15-year risk of death BMI did ...

Waist circumference also proved to be more accurate than BMI in assessing the risks posed by excess weight, researchers added.