Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A greater waist-calf circumference ratio was associated with an increased risk for all-cause and cause-specific ...

In a community-based cohort study published in BMC Public Health, researchers studied how anthropometric measures like the waist-calf circumference ratio (WCR), waist circumference (WC), calf ...

September 16, 2009 — Waist-to-hip circumference ratio (WHR) may be a better predictor of all-cause mortality in older adults vs body mass index (BMI), according to the results of a study reported in ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abdominal obesity is associated with a higher risk for new-set atrial fibrillation in Asian adults who are not ...

In the January issue of the Journal, Inokuchi et al. 1 published reference values for waist circumference-to-height ratio (WHtR) for Japanese children and adolescents. They recommend age- and ...

Fecal incontinence (FI), or involuntary loss of bowel control, significantly impacts quality of life and mental health for millions of adults in the U.S. Obesity is thought to affect bowel function, ...