Waist:

... is especially the case if extra fat tissue is found in the waist area. In men, if waist is greater than 35 inches (90 cm); in women, if waist is greater than 31 ...

... other hand, we don’t like the feeling we have as our waist lines expand and we can’t ignore the health warnings we hear ... There’s an easy way to tell if your waist line is entering the danger zone.  Just take out your tape measure, ...

Women with a waist measurement of 30 inches or more have twice the risk of coronary heart ... Hospital and Harvard Medical School say women with high waist-to-hip ratios of 0.88 or higher were 3.25 times more likely to have ... than 0.72. Such ratios are determined by dividing waist measurement by hip measurement. The researchers looked at more than ...

... five continents. A tape measure was used to record the waist circumference of all those taking part. Relative weight and height were ... Balkau. For men, every extra 5.5 inches around the waist corresponded to a 35 percent higher frequency of heart disease, she ...

... occurs when extra fat tissue is "central," found in the waist area, thus having greater metabolic consequences. In men, defined as waist measurement greater than or equal to 35 inches (90 cm) In women, ...

... level, and read the measurement. The healthiest waist size is less than 34 inches and health risk increases with each ... diabetes and other health problems increases as the waist size expands: 34-36 inch waist = 200% increase in risk for diabetes ...

... particularly high. So measuring the circumference of your waist is also an important measure of whether you need to lose weight. The ... whether you have too much body fat by measuring your waist-to-hip ratio, but there are also tests (see below) that can estimate your ...

... acquired fat in menopausal women is deposited around the waist. As it turns out, excess fat deposits in the abdominal region are far ... the risk of a number of dangerous diseases. In women, a waist circumference of 35 inches or greater increases the chances of developing ...

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