Research indicates is a better predictor of health outcomes, including multiple coronary heart disease risk factors, than bmi or wc

The answer is the body fat distribution, it is because this will help an individual identify the distribution fat in his or her body and whether it is associated with conditions such as metabolic complications, obesity and whether if he or she is at risk for a certain illness.

"1. it should be, it has been for about 20 years, and it's really not much different in the end than breeding animals to have particular traits. there are always concerns about genetically engineered animals/plants affecting the environment in unexpected negative ways, but i can't think of an example where the fears didn't turn out to be baseless.  

first, as you point out, it would be a great advance in pharmacology, to be able to tailor drugs and their doses to me. the pros involve better medical treatment. the cons involve privacy issues like insurance companies denying coverage to people with genetic risk factors. looking at dna markers wouldn't affect the frequency of genetic diseases, but it would allow detection of them earlier. and ok, actually i suppose that if people used this information to avoid having children with genetic diseases, some might decrease in frequency."

age range would be the answer