Central obesity measures of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio appear to be more accurate and consistent indicators ...

Is obesity a risk factor or a disease? This debate shapes treatments, policies, and eating disorder care. Explore its impact ...

Waist circumference, or a waist to hip ratio: "So if your waist is over 35 ... et cetera because of your obesity? That would be clinical obesity." The updated recommendations were endorsed by ...

The report’s authors note that attaining this information can be done in multiple ways, including measuring a person's waist, waist-to-hip ratio or waist-to-height ratio. There are also scans ...

which is what obesity actually is,” Kushner says. The commission recommends that excess body fat should be confirmed by measuring a person’s waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio ...

A study of over 458,000 individuals finds that waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio are stronger predictors of ...

so they propose that clinicians verify obesity status with at least one additional anthropometric measure: like waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio -- or direct fat ...

Body Mass Index cannot differentiate between muscle mass, fat and bone density. Doctors suggest other markers and scans to ...

Instead of BMI, the commission recommends that obesity be diagnosed through one of these methods: Using another measurement of body size (waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio or waist-to-height ...

the commission recommends that obesity be diagnosed through one of these methods: Using another measurement of body size (waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio or waist-to-height ratio ...

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on Clinical Obesity on Jan. 16 in Baton Rouge to discuss a new approach to ...