Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Calf circumference, higher BMI and age are predictors of falls among older patients on hemodialysis, according ...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify in a group of 8-y-old prepubertal children the anthropometric parameter with the highest prediction power of overweight, measured 4 y later. SUBJECTS: ...

The size of children's heads is not only related to the growth of their skull, but also their brain. A genome-wide analysis now reports the largest known genetic effects on head circumference and the ...

Get your tape measure ready - it turns out the size of one particular body part may be able to predict your lifespan. Several studies have found evidence that suggests a person's calf size relative to ...

Recent pooled analyses show an increased risk of death with increasing levels of the body-mass index (BMI, the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) of 25.0 or higher in ...

An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected ...