Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Healthy eating and a tight waist-hip ratio are associated with better mental acuity later in life, scientists now believe. Jan ...

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. The WHR ...

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BOSTON (Reuters) - A large European study has confirmed that simple measurements of the waist and hips may offer a better way of predicting obesity-related death than a standard, but more complicated, ...

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OBJECTIVE: Fat distribution as measured by waist-to-hip ratio has been shown to be an important independent predictor of glucose intolerance. Few studies, however, have considered the contributions of ...

To test the hypothesis that waist and hip circumferences together provide additional information on the progression of preclinical atherosclerosis beyond either of them alone in elderly women. Carotid ...

Waist-to-hip ratio is the circumference of your waist divided by the circumference of your hips. Having a higher WHR indicates that you have more weight around your abdomen and higher levels of ...