measures the ratio of your waist size to your hip size, which does a better job of estimating how much visceral fat you carry in your midsection than traditional measurements like BMI. A higher ...

which is sometimes also known as waist- hip ratio or WHR is the ratio between the circumference of the waist and the hips of an individual. This ratio considered as an ideal measure to determine a ...

Measuring our body fat can also be a good ... Another large 2020 study in Zhengzhou, China, found waist-to-hip ratio, BFP, and visceral fat area were predictive of type 2 diabetes in those over ...

The team of British, German, French and Dutch doctors found that a healthy diet in middle age, coupled with a low waist-to-hip ratio - a quick measure of fat distribution that may help indicate a ...

Now, there are arguments that there could be ‘good fat’ on the bum and thighs, which can counteract ‘bad fat’ on the belly, and therefore that a waist-to-hip ratio may be the best measure.