Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a ...

Linear mixed models revealed that increased BMI values (22 kg/m² to 35 kg/m²) progressively amplified associations between GRS and SBP, confirming that higher adolescent BMIs can exacerbate ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study. Published in Obesity and ...