Tape measure, not scale, key to knowing heart risk


  • World
  • Tuesday, 14 Aug 2007

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A quick check around the waist with a tape measure may be a better way of telling if you are at risk of heart disease than stepping on a scale, researchers said on Monday. 

Even if people are not overweight, those with larger waistlines are more likely to show the early signs of heart disease than those with smaller waists, the team at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas reported. 

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