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) ...

Women are more likely to carry fat around their hips and thighs. Waist to Hip Ratio vs. Body Mass Index Your waist-to-hip ratio compares your waist size to your hip size. By contrast ...

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.

New research shows waist-to-height ratio is a stronger predictor of heart failure than BMI. This could change how doctors ...

A study recently published in Scientific Reports challenges long-standing assumptions about the most attractive female body shape — and it may not be about the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR).

Purpose: To examine the effect of the waist-to-hip (W/H) ratio on pulmonary gas exchange in the morbidly obese. Methods: Twenty-five morbidly obese individuals (mean [± SD] age, 39 ± 10 years ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer in the UK according to Cancer Research UK, representing up to 12% of total cancer cases from 2017 to 2019. Overweight and obesity are known ...