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.

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

Share on Pinterest A lower waist-to-hip ratio may be linked to better brain health in older age, according to new research. Natalie JEFFCOTT/Stocksy BMI has been used to measure a person’s ...

HealthDay News — Healthier diets and lower waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) throughout midlife are associated with better brain and cognitive health in older age, according to a study published online ...

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 ...

Cross-sectional studies and Mendelian randomization show that insulin resistance and chronic inflammation mediate the ...

Better diet quality in midlife and from midlife to late life was associated with higher hippocampal functional connectivity to the occipital lobe and cerebellum and better white matter integrity ...

A bigger midriff in our forties is linked to poorer cognitive function in our seventies, international study finds.

The quality of diet and waist-to-hip ratio in midlife are associated with brain connectivity and cognitive performance in later life, according to a study. Researchers from Oxford University and ...

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has investigated the relationship between long-term diet quality, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and brain health, seeking to understand ...