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 ...

The size of a child's wrist may indicate whether he or she is at risk for heart disease, a new study suggests. The results show large wrist sizes in adolescents are associated with high insulin levels ...

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 new research. Measuring the ...

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 ...