You’ve likely heard about the importance of keeping your weight in a healthy range to protect your heart. But the number on the scale may not be telling the full story. Your waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) ...

A tape measure, not just a bathroom scale, may help you better assess your heart disease risk. Researchers found that people with a larger waist-to-hip ratio may be at increased risk for heart disease ...

Carrying too much weight around your waist can cause health problems. Your health is affected by where you store body fat, even if you have a healthy weight or a normal body mass index (BMI).

A new research paper was published in Aging (Aging-US) Volume 17, Issue 6, on May 30, 2025, titled "Impact of waist-to-hip and waist-to-height ratios on physical performance: insights from the ...

Body mass index (BMI) readings may not be the best gauge of obesity in older adults, according to new research from UCLA endocrinologists and geriatricians. Instead, they say, the ratio of waist size ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Given that heart disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S., it’s important to know what your risk is. Maybe you already ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether waist and hip circumferences, in addition to body mass index (BMI), are related to all-cause mortality. We studied these associations and tested the usefulness of the ...

Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), also known as waist-hip ratio, is the circumference of the waist divided by the circumference of the hips. Research associates a high WHR with certain health risks. The WHR ...

In a study to be published in the Aug. 21 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, investigators at UT Southwestern Medical Center found that people with a larger waist-to-hip ratio ...