Want to gauge your risk for developing Type 2 diabetes? Don’t just step on the scale — reach for a measuring tape too, a new study suggests. The circumference of your waist can tell you a lot about ...

BMI is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by the square of your height in meters, and it usually does not ...

Using measuring tapes to measure arm circumference is the most inexpensive and reliable factor in diagnosing malnutrition than weight-based measurements. Malnutrition is a serious health condition ...

Simple, innovative solutions like UNICEF’s Mother-Infant MUAC tape can save countless lives and build healthier futures. A staff member with UNICEF partner Wan Smol Bag uses a MUAC (mid-upper arm ...

Nov. 7, 2003 — Enlarged waist circumference is associated with a syndrome of lipid overaccumulation and increased mortality, according to the results of a cross-sectional study published in the ...

The World Health Organization's current weight-based guidelines for assessing malnutrition in children with diarrhea are not as reliable as measuring the child's upper arm circumference, new research ...

Numerous methods that vary in technical difficulties, complications and costs have been developed and used during the last 20 years to assess abdominal and visceral fat, as centrally located adipose ...

Adam C. Levine, M.D., an emergency medicine physician at Rhode Island Hospital found that the World Health Organization's current weight-based guidelines for assessing malnutrition in children with ...