Waist-to-Hip Ratio May Offer Better Indicator of Obesity, Health Over BMI

Research suggests that a waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) measurement is a better indicator of obesity than body mass index (BMI), which may drastically underestimate the number of U.S. adults with obesity.

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