Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with large waist circumference had a greater risk for death across all BMI categories. Researchers ...

If you’re tired of oversized tops swallowing your shape, it may be time to give your waist a little more attention. Relaxed ...

Weight gain, especially at the waist, is common during the perimenopause and postmenopause period. Such gain, along with declining estrogen levels that are common after menopause, are linked with ...

Older women with larger waist circumference may be at a much greater risk of dying for any given BMI, according to international research, which monitored women over more than two decades. The study ...

While obesity remains a pressing public health threat, prevention and treatment are made difficult by the limits of the BMI to accurately measure excess adiposity, according to the study’s authors.