Put the tape measure at the top of your hip bone, then bring it all the way around your body, level with your belly button. Make sure it's not too tight and that it's straight, even at the back. Don't ...

How many times have you thought about your fitness, only to focus on your overall body weight instead of your waist size? For decades, the Body Mass Index (BMI) has been used as the standard tool to ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - A large European study has confirmed that simple measurements of the waist and hips may offer a better way of predicting obesity-related death than a standard, but more complicated, ...