Researchers have found that waist circumference, which measures fat around the abdomen, is a better indicator of cancer risk ...

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

The size of a man’s waistband is a better predictor of cancer risk than traditional body mass index measurements, research ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many ...

Findings of a study comparing waist circumference to BMI for predicting the development of obesity-related cancers show that ...

Obesity has long been established as a risk factor for cancer, particularly when it’s stored in certain areas of the body. Now, new research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a ...

However, new research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) and published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that waist ...

Men with an extra 11cm on their waistlines by the end of the study increased their risk of developing cancer by 25 per cent. By comparison, an increase in BMI of 3.7 - for example, rising from 24 ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many types of cancer. However ...

The size of a man’s waistband is a better predictor of cancer risk than traditional body mass index (BMI) measurements, ...