Men with a waist-to-hip ratio of one (1) or more were 34% more likely to die over the 12.8 year follow-up compared to those with a waist-to-hip ratio of 0.85 to 0.95 according to a study from Scotland that looked at 20,117 adults, 18- to 86-years-old from a nationally representative sample of the Scottish population that were linked to hospital admissions and death records. Read the entire article | Email this article

Women with a waist-to-hip ratio of 0.85 or more were 34% more likely to die over the 12.8 year follow-up compared to those with a waist-to-hip ratio of 0.85 to 0.95 according to a study from Scotland that looked at 20,117 adults, 18- to 86-years-old from a nationally representative sample of the Scottish population that were linked to hospital admissions and death records. Read the entire article | Email this article

Women with the smallest waist-to-hip ratio also have the lowest risk of death according to a study from the University of Melbourne in Australia. Read the entire article | Email this article

Men with the smallest waist have the lowest risk of death according to a study from the University of Melbourne in Australia. Read the entire article | Email this article

The one-fifth of women with the highest waist-to-hip ratio were 50 pecent more likely to die during an 11-year follow-up than the one-fifth of women who were second to the largest waist-to-hip ratio according to a study from the University of Melbourne in Australia. Read the entire article | Email this article

Larger hips are associated with a lower risk of death for both men and women after adjusting for a person's waist measurement or body mass index (BMI) or both according to a study from the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, The Danish Cancer Society, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read the entire article | Email this article