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 ...

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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, ...

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: ...

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: ...

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 ...

ROME, April 13 (UPI) -- Measuring an obese or overweight child's wrist circumference is a better indicator of insulin resistance than body mass index, researchers in Italy say. Dr. Marco Capizzi and ...

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 ...

Scientists in Italy have identified a link between wrist size and a major risk factor for diabetes and heart disease in overweight children . They found that levels of insulin resistance were related ...

Wrist size could help doctors tell which children have a higher risk of heart disease when they grow up. Researchers found a bigger wrist size is linked to insulin resistance, which could push up the ...

Italian researchers are reporting that the wrist size in overweight and obese children can be a reliable predictor of their future heart disease risk. The study involved 477 overweight or obese ...