BACKGROUND: Visceral adipose tissue is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease risk factors and morbidity from cardiovascular diseases. Waist measurement and waist-to-height ...

Waist circumference is directly related to all-cause mortality when adjusted for body mass index (BMI). Body fat and fat-free body mass, when mutually adjusted, show with increasing values an ...

As per a prospective cohort study, waist circumference along with BMI modestly improves the prediction of which postmenopausal women are at a higher risk for premature death.

National 4; Perimeter and area Circumference and area of a circle. In this National 4 Lifeskills Maths study guide, you can revise how to find the perimeter and area of triangles, quadrilaterals ...

Approximating Pi. By Rick Groleau; Posted 09.01.03; NOVA; Around 250 B.C., the Greek mathematician Archimedes calculated the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

The circumference of the earth was 40,000 kilometres, according to Eratosthenes' calculations. The bematists estimated that Syene was 5,000 stadia (or 800 kilometres) ...

Using geometry, he calculated the circumference of Earth based on a few things that he knew (and one he didn’t): He knew there are 360 degrees in a circle. He could measure the angle of the ...