A new study from Lund University in Malmö, Sweden, revealed that waist circumference is a stronger risk indicator for obesity ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

The neck circumference could an initial screening tool someday, Nafiu said. But he wrote additional studies are needed to evaluate how useful it is in detecting abdominal fat. "If a neck ...

Those who fall outside the maximum weight allowed for their height are first presented with a single-site abdominal circumference measurement, in which a proctor uses a tape measure to take a ...

The online fetal development calculator tells you the estimated fetal weight once you provide fetal biparietal diameter and fetal abdominal circumference. Know more about the health of your fetus by ...

A major new study from Sweden has found that waist circumference (WC)—a simple measure of abdominal fat—may be a more ...

Abdominal obesity is where fat accumulates around the abdomen and internal organs there, leading to a larger-than-normal waist circumference. Abdominal obesity has been shown to place people at a ...