ROME — Skip the bathroom scale. Scientists say a simple tape measure around your waist might be the best predictor of how your body will hold up as you get older. A study of nearly 11,000 people found ...

Your waist size can help you understand your overall health. A larger waistline may indicate you're carrying more abdominal fat, which puts you at risk for obesity-related health conditions. Waist ...

WOMEN Who have a higher waist to hip ratio are a fifth more likely to get womb cancer, new research suggests. Experts from the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) carried out a detailed study into women ...

New research involving nearly 140,000 postmenopausal women reveals that measuring waist circumference alongside body mass index modestly improves the ability to predict mortality risk in older women.

A woman's attractiveness relates to the size of her waist compared with her hips, it has been found. Scientists have discovered the ratio which, they say, makes for the perfect figure, reports The ...

The Marines’ waist-to-height standard for body composition shall be less than or equal to 0.52, slimmer than the Pentagon’s ...