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To correctly measure waist circumference: Stand and place a tape measure around your middle, just above your hipbones. Make sure tape is horizontal around the waist. Keep the tape snug around the waist, but not compressing the skin. Measure your waist just after you breathe out.
Obesity is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cardi-ometabolic disease (CMD). Many studies have assessed the ability of an-thropometric indices, including body mass index (BMI), waist circumfer-ence (WC), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), to predict CVD and CMD.
We calculated waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) as the average waist measurement (cm) divided by the average hip measurement (cm). Higher ratios are an indicator of visceral fat around the abdomen, which is associated with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and diabetes (19,20).
It includes: discussion of the methods for measuring waist circumference and waist–hip ratio (Chapter 2); age, sex and ethnic variations in fat distribution (Chapter 3); associations of waist circumference and waist–hip ratio with BMI, and with health outcomes (Chapter 4).
16 maj 2011 · Waist circumference and waist-hip ratio: report of a WHO expert consultation. Geneva, 8-11 December 2008. 16 May 2011. | Meeting report. Download (1.1 MB) Overview. The overall aim of the expert consultation was to review the scientific evidence and make recommendations on the issues related to waist circumference and waist-hip ratio.
4 maj 2023 · Supplementary Information. The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00431-023-05001-4. Keywords: Abdominal obesity, References, Children, Poland, Waist circumference, Hip circumference. Go to: Introduction. The prevalence of childhood overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) has increased worldwide from 1975 to 2015 [ 1 ].
Your waist-to-hip (WHR) ratio is: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): For men, a ratio of .90 or less is considered safe. For women, a ratio of .80 or less is considered safe. For both men and women, a WHR of 1.0 or higher is considered “at risk” for heart disease and other problems associated with being overweight.
