Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The measurement of wrist circumference in children and adolescents with obesity can help estimate CV risk, ...

Wrist size may be a better predictor of heart health than BMI for growing kids. April 12, 2011— -- Predicting an overweight child's risk of diabetes and heart disease may be as simple as ...

Measuring the wrist bone may be a new way to identify which overweight children and adolescents face an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to new research. Measuring the ...

A manual measure of wrist circumference was more closely linked to insulin parameters than BMI in a cohort of overweight or obese children and adolescents, according to new study results published in ...

Measuring an overweight child's wrist size appears to be a better predictor of diabetes and heart risk than calculating body mass index, new research suggests. Wrist size was strongly correlated with ...

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: How is frame size determined? I have wondered about that all my life. Many people say they can weigh more because they have a large frame. I would love to say I am not overweight, ...

There are already several different ways to tell if you’re at increased risk of heart disease — whether you’re overweight, or have high cholesterol or high blood pressure, for example — but ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: How is frame size determined? I have wondered about that all my life. Many people say they can weigh more because they have a large frame. I would love to say I am not overweight, ...

Measuring the wrist bone may be a new way to identify which overweight children and adolescents face an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to research in Circulation: ...