Waist-to-height ratio more accurate indicator of age-related obesity risk than BMI: Study

Waist-to-height ratio is a more accurate and reliable indicator of age-related obesity risk than body mass index (BMI), University of Sheffield and the University of Nottingham researchers found. Waist-to-height ratio gives a better representation of visceral fat which is stored around the abdomen and has a greater effect on internal organs, the researchers said.