University of Eastern Finland (UEF Viestintä) Apr 14 2026 New waist-to-height cut-offs to assess fat mass and obesity predicted the risk of hypertension better than body mass index, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in the US. The aim of the study was to externally validate new paediatric waist circumference-to-height ratio (WHtR)-estimated fat mass cut-offs for predicting the risk of elevated blood