Large Waistline Indicates Risk of Diabetes

Doctors have used the BMI (body-mass index) as an indicator of risk of type 2 diabetes, but new research indicates that either a large waistline or a high BMI indicates higher risk.  And the two of them together predict even greater risk.

Waistline is a stronger predictor of diabetes in women than in men.  The study authors suggest waistline is a more accurate measure of abdominal obesity than BMI.  See the abstract at the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Add comment September 29th, 2006