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Research Highlights Fat stored around the waist, often called belly fat or visceral fat, showed a much stronger link to heart ...

Waist-to-hip ratio is another belly fat measure, which may predict heart attack risk better than BMI, especially in women, ...

New research suggests that measures of excess weight around the waist (central obesity or visceral fat) may increase the risk ...

New research has found that extra abdominal fat is strongly associated with an increased risk of heart failure. Excess belly ...

The new tool could help predict obesity-related health risks earlier and reshape prevention strategies, researchers say. The ...

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For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...

Objective This study aims to develop a methodology to retrieve, harmonise and evaluate the completeness of national body mass index (BMI) data from linked electronic health record (EHR) sources to ...

Obesity can increase the heart's workload, leading to high blood pressure. A higher body mass index is linked directly to increased blood pressure. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system contributes ...

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