![]() It's' also a good idea to have a piece of paper and pen or your smartphone to hand, so that you can jot down the measurement you don't' want to go to all the effort of measuring your waist and then forget the measurement. |
![]() Measuring our waist circumference can be a simple way to identify our risk for health conditions such as diabetes or heart disease Ref 1. The more excess fat around our abdomen the greater the risk of these health conditions. A waist measurement can easily be done in the following steps.: |
![]() Home - Health advice and support - Health checks - How to measure your waist. How to measure your waist. Find out if youre a healthy shape by following these three simple steps. Place the tape measure around your waist, at the halfway point between the bottom of your lowest rib and the top of your hip bone. |
![]() But how best to shrink your waist? Heres what the experts advise. Working the largest muscles of your body is effective for overall fat-blasting and will help to shift surplus flab from your waistline, says Dalton Wong, the director of Twenty Two Training. |
![]() Your waist size is not usually the same as your jean size. Because of our jean size, we sometimes think our waist measurement is lower than it actually is. Find the top of your hip bone and the bottom of your ribcage. |
![]() This, in turn, increases the risk of certain health conditions. In this article, we explain how to measure the waistline and the link between waist size and health. We also look at the factors that influence waist size and tips for reducing a larger waist. |
![]() Those individuals with more weight around their waist, apple shape, are at greater risk of lifestyle related diseases such as heart disease and diabetes than those with weight around their hips, pear shape. The tendency to store fat around the waist or hips is inherited. |
![]() Used in conjunction with waist circumference, it provides a clearer picture. Risks of Having a Large Waist Circumference. There are several serious risks associated with a waist circumference larger than 35 inches in women or 40 inches in men, including.: |
![]() Although the waist circumference values that optimized prediction of the risk of death for any given BMI value were not reported, the findings reinforce the notion that waist circumference thresholds increase across BMI categories and that the combination of waist circumference and BMI provide improved predictions of health risk than either anthropometric measure alone. |