New findings published in Nature Medicine showed that people can enter prediabetes remission — and lower type 2 diabetes risk ...

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BOSTON - A new study finds there may be a more accurate way to calculate a patient's risk of death from obesity, and it involves measuring a person's waist. Obesity, especially visceral or belly fat, ...

Experts believe measuring waist circumference is a more accurate way to predict cancer risk in men - Tim Platt/Digital Vision The size of a man’s waistband is a better predictor of cancer risk than ...

The best tool for predicting the risk of heart disease may be a tape measure, researchers said Tuesday. Studies presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association show that having a big waist ...

While obesity is a known risk factor for heart disease, a new study showed that the ratio of a person's waist measurement ...

An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected ...