Older women with larger waist circumference may be at a much greater risk of dying for any given BMI, according to international research, which monitored women over more than two decades. The study found that for post-menopausal women aged 50–79, taking waist circumference into account along with BMI, better reflected the role obesity plays in the risk of dying than using BMI alone.
A bigger waist may increase the risk of dying for older women
