A man’s waist size appears to be a stronger indicator of diabetes risk than the body-mass index according to a study by John Hopkins University researchers who looked at data on 27,270 men followed over a 13-year period.  The researchers put the men into five groups according to their waist size.  Men with larger waist sizes were at least twice as likely to have diabetes as men with the smallest waists from 29 to 34 inches.  Those with the largest waist sizes—40 inches and above—were up to 12 times more likely to have Type 2 diabetes.

Source: American Diabetes Association, www.ada.org.