Lifehacker

The Right Way to Measure Your Waist Size and Check Your Health

Doctors often use BMI, or Body Mass Index, to quickly screen patients for more tests. But having a normal or low BMI doesn’t mean you’re healthy, nor having a high BMI mean you’re unhealthy. To help ...
Seattle Times

What does your waist say about your health? According to a new study, a lot more than you’d think.

When it comes to health, does body mass index (BMI) matter? That question has been a source of debate for decades. A mathematical formula originally developed to track trends in population health, BMI ...
The Sun

Exactly how your waist size could predict your risk of killer cancer – where does your risk lie?

THE size of a man’s waist may be a better indicator of his likelihood of developing cancer than body mass index (BMI), a new study has revealed. For years, NHS doctors have used BMI to assess obesity ...
Business Insider

Your waist should measure less than half your height, UK health officials say in new guidelines for preventing diabetes and hypertension

New UK guidance encourages people to calculate their waist to height ratio to gauge health. Keeping your waist measurement less than half your height may help prevent various risks associated with ...
Prevention

What Your Waist Size Reveals

Flat Belly Diet experts and scientists have known for years that excess body fat isn’t good for you. Obesity (which means “overfat”), is considered as deadly as smoking, according to some analyses.