keep waist measurement under half your height

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Study leader Dr. Margaret Ashwell, an independent consultant and former

science director of the British Nutrition Foundation stated that, " Keeping

your waist circumference to less than half your height can help increase

life expectancy for every person in the world. "

Thus a man who is 6ft or 72 inches tall (183 cm), should keep his waist

under 36 inches (91 cm), and a woman who is 5ft 4 in or 64 inches tall (163

cm), should keep her waist measurement under 32 inches (81 cm). Ashwell said

the measure should be considered as a screening tool.

The idea of using Waist to Height Ratio (WHtR) to predict cardiometabolic

risk is not new, but is coming to prominence as more studies reveal its

value.

At the meeting, Ashwell presented the findings of a study that analyzed the

health of 300,000 people and found WHtR was better able to predict high

blood pressure, diabetes, heart attacks and strokes than BMI.

BMI is a ratio of a person's weight in kilos to the square of their height

in meters. However, it does not take into account the distribution of fat

around the body.

Abdominal fat affects organs like the heart, liver and kidneys more

adversely than fat around the hips and bottom, in terms of cardiometabolic

risk.

Last year, Ashwell co-authored a paper on the increasing importance of using

Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) to assess cardiometabolic risk, and pleaded for

scientists to use a consistent terminology to express the ratio so it can

easily be searched for in the literature.

An advantage of WHtR is the simplicity of the health message " keep your

waist circumference to less than half your height. " This is a much easier

thought to hold in mind than BMI, where not only do you have to work out the

ratio of your weight in kilos to the square of your height in meters, but

also remember what the healthy range is.

To measure the waist circumference accurately, you should measure it mid-way

between the lower rib and the iliac crest (the top of the pelvic bone at the

hip), this is the method recommended by the World Health Organization, says

Ashwell.

" The Increasing Importance of Waist-to-Height Ratio to Assess

Cardiometabolic Risk: A Plea for Consistent Terminology; Margaret Ashwell

and Lucy M. Browning; The Open Obesity Journal, 2011, 3, 70-77.

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keep waist measurement under half your height

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> Advertisement

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> Study leader Dr. Margaret Ashwell, an independent consultant and former

> science director of the British Nutrition Foundation stated that, " Keeping

> your waist circumference to less than half your height can help increase

> life expectancy for every person in the world. "

>

> Thus a man who is 6ft or 72 inches tall (183 cm), should keep his waist

> under 36 inches (91 cm), and a woman who is 5ft 4 in or 64 inches tall

> (163

> cm), should keep her waist measurement under 32 inches (81 cm). Ashwell

> said

> the measure should be considered as a screening tool.

>

> The idea of using Waist to Height Ratio (WHtR) to predict cardiometabolic

> risk is not new, but is coming to prominence as more studies reveal its

> value.

>

> At the meeting, Ashwell presented the findings of a study that analyzed

> the

> health of 300,000 people and found WHtR was better able to predict high

> blood pressure, diabetes, heart attacks and strokes than BMI.

>

> BMI is a ratio of a person's weight in kilos to the square of their height

> in meters. However, it does not take into account the distribution of fat

> around the body.

>

> Abdominal fat affects organs like the heart, liver and kidneys more

> adversely than fat around the hips and bottom, in terms of cardiometabolic

> risk.

>

> Last year, Ashwell co-authored a paper on the increasing importance of

> using

> Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) to assess cardiometabolic risk, and pleaded

> for

> scientists to use a consistent terminology to express the ratio so it can

> easily be searched for in the literature.

>

> An advantage of WHtR is the simplicity of the health message " keep your

> waist circumference to less than half your height. " This is a much easier

> thought to hold in mind than BMI, where not only do you have to work out

> the

> ratio of your weight in kilos to the square of your height in meters, but

> also remember what the healthy range is.

>

> To measure the waist circumference accurately, you should measure it

> mid-way

> between the lower rib and the iliac crest (the top of the pelvic bone at

> the

> hip), this is the method recommended by the World Health Organization,

> says

> Ashwell.

>

> " The Increasing Importance of Waist-to-Height Ratio to Assess

> Cardiometabolic Risk: A Plea for Consistent Terminology; Margaret Ashwell

> and Lucy M. Browning; The Open Obesity Journal, 2011, 3, 70-77.

>

>

>

>

> Related Articles

>

> WHO

> <http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/articles/53-diabetes-news/12809-who-warns-

> spread-of-high-blood-pressure-diabetes-obesity> Warns Spread of High

> Blood

> Pressure, Diabetes, Obesity

>

>

>

>

>

>

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I would be joy for jumpin if my waist got to 36 or below.

Thus a man who is 6ft or 72 inches tall (183 cm), should keep his waist

under 36 inches (91 cm), and a woman who is 5ft 4 in or 64 inches tall

(163

cm), should keep her waist measurement under 32 inches (81 cm). Ashwell

said

the measure should be considered as a screening tool.