Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), also known as waist-hip ratio, is the circumference of the waist divided by the circumference of the hips. Research associates a high WHR with certain health risks.

Maintaining a low waist-to-hip ratio in middle age could mean a better chance at staying mentally sharp in later life, researchers have concluded after studying several decades of health data for ...

Start by trimming your waistline. A new study found that diet quality and waist-to-hip ratio in midlife are directly linked to brain health and cognitive function as we get older. “This ...

The cohort included 512 participants in the diet quality analysis and 664 in the waist-to-hip ratio analysis. Participants were drawn from the Whitehall II Imaging Study, a subset of the larger ...

Healthier diets and lower waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) throughout midlife are associated with better brain and cognitive health in older age.