The relationship between belly size and hip size appears to be a more useful measure of health risk than the widely used body-mass index, or BMI. According to a study published in The Lancet, a ...

You’re probably familiar with your waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) in the context of shopping for clothes, but a growing body of research finds this measurement is key for assessing future risk of developing ...

WOMEN Who have a higher waist to hip ratio are a fifth more likely to get womb cancer, new research suggests. Experts from the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) carried out a detailed study into women ...

Is your weight problematic? The answer is not as straightforward as you might think. Sure, there are scales and charts and different scientific methods of calculating “overweight and overall fatness,” ...

New research suggests normal-weight people who carry their fat at their waistlines may be at higher risk of death over the years than overweight or obese people whose fat is more concentrated on the ...

As the name itself indicates, Waist to Hip ratio, which is sometimes also known as waist- hip ratio or WHR is the ratio between the circumference of the waist and the hips of an individual. This ratio ...