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Study of over five million people’s DNA reveals genetic links to height
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Study of over five million people’s DNA reveals genetic links to height

by Queen Mary, University of London Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The study, published today (12 October) in Nature, is the largest ever genome-wide association study, using the DNA of over 5 million people from 281 contributing studies. It plugs a sizeable gap in our understanding of how our genetic differences account for differences in height. Over...

Latest recommendations on how waist-to-height ratio can impact your health
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Latest recommendations on how waist-to-height ratio can impact your health

APRIL 15, 2022 by Luke Lambert,  City University London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New health guidance on the need to keep your waist size to half your height to ensure healthy living was recommended by Bayes Business School eight years ago. In 2014, research from Bayes Business School showed that the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a...