A bigger waist may increase the risk of dying for older women

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.

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