Neck circumference is closely related to cardiovascular disease CVD and other CVD risk factors Heres what doctor says ...

The average waistline of Americans increased by more than an inch over the past decade, according to a study from U.S. health researchers. Along with the increase in waist circumference measurements, ...

Objective: To develop age- and sex-specific waist circumference reference data for Canadian youth. Design: Cross-sectional population survey. Setting: 1981 Canada Fitness Survey. Subjects: Nationally ...

When age-adjusted BMI and waist circumference measurements were correlated with hospital records and cause-of-death statistics, results showed that in those categorised as overweight and obese around ...

To validate the use of waist circumference to assess reversal of insulin resistance after weight loss induced by bariatric surgery. In cross-sectional studies, threshold values for insulin resistance ...

A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that Americans are about 15 lbs. (7 kilograms) heavier than they were two decades ago but that Americans' average height ...