A new study from Lund University in Malmö, Sweden, revealed that waist circumference is a stronger risk indicator for obesity ...

A study found that waist size is a better cancer risk predictor for men compared to BMI, with an extra 4 inches increasing risk by 25 per cent. If you are a man, your waist size could be a better ...

In men, a WC increase of approximately 11 cm (e.g., comparing a WC of 100.8 cm versus 90 cm) was associated with a 25% higher risk of developing obesity-related cancers. By comparison, a BMI ...

There are things in medical science that have been passed around so often that they’ve started sounding like absolute truths.

Men with an extra 11 centimetres – or just over four inches – on their waistlines, increased their risk of developing cancer by 25 per cent. But a comparable increase in BMI of 3.7 ...

High sodium intake is linked to greater obesity risk, particularly in women, even when it comes from everyday foods. New ...

To reach these conclusions, the researchers studied the body composition of 2,844 adults with a BMI of at least 25. Body mass index is calculated ... particularly in men. In women, these variations ...

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 ...

New research to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that patients ...