A major new study from Sweden has found that waist circumference (WC)—a simple measure of abdominal fat—may be a more ...

What is waist-to-hip ratio? Waist-to-hip ratio or WHR is a way to measure the distribution of fat in your body. You can find it by dividing the size of your waist by the size of your hips.

To find out their WHR, a person needs to measure both the circumference of their waist and their hips. Circumference means the distance around something. To measure the circumference of their ...

The size of a man’s waistband is a better predictor ... But now, experts believe measuring waist circumference is a more accurate way to predict cancer risk in men and as effective as BMI ...

For the uninitiated, while waist size reveals abdominal fat accumulating around vital organs, BMI fails to measure the fat levels and where it is deposited around the body. The study found that an ...