Waist-hip ratio and health risks

With a tape, measure your waist circumference, and then measure your hip (it must be a hip widest part). Finally, use your waist circumference divided by your hip, you get your waist-hip ratio. For example: If you are a woman, waist is 38 inches, hip is 46 inches, then the waist-hip ratio is 38/46 is equal to 0.82.

The ideal waist-hip ratio of the minimum value must be, and is still inconclusive. However, the ideal waist-hip ratio is a maximum of how much has been confirmed by many experts. If you are female, the ideal waist-hip ratio of between about 0.67 ~ 0.80. Marilyn Monroe, Diana, Audrey Hepburn, Demi Moore and Cindy Crawford is that such famous personalities have maintained a perfect 0.7 waist-hip ratio; if it is male, this ratio at about 0.85 ~ 0.95 between.



However, a simple diet does not achieve the best waist-hip ratio, you can become very thin, but thin at the same time it is difficult to remain hip rounded, so do not be too demanding their own body can be as perfect as the model, we can see up is not too fat, and the proportion within a reasonable, you do not mind too much.



　Waist-hip ratio and health risks

Apple-shaped body of people (stomach will have to bear excessive gravity) than pear-shaped physique of the people have greater health risks (pear shape of the gravity are too concentrated in the hip and thigh). This is because the shape and potential health risks are closely linked. If too much fat in the waist, the corresponding risk of heart diseases and diabetes than those who likely will be concentrated in the buttocks fat people around to be much larger.



　　Waist-hip ratio and obesity

Nevertheless, the overall health risks of obesity than body fat of local people is much greater, another important measure is BMI (Body Mass Index: a measure of body fat rate index, based on height and weight as a basis), the formula is: weight (kg) / height (in meters) squared.



If the BMI value between 18.5 and 25, which means the value of the lowest health risks, physical condition is very healthy.

If the BMI value is between 25 to 30, meaning that health problems are with your body weight increased, diabetes, heart diseases, high cholesterol and high blood pressure is gradually increased the risk.

If the BMI value of 30 or more, then you are at this time has been one of the high-risk groups to health!

However, there are exceptions, for those athletes in competitive sports and fitness are concerned, the value of a high BMI does not necessarily mean that the deterioration of health conditions, on the contrary, their BMI value was high because they increase muscle weight, is not fat. In addition, pregnant women and lactating women should be the exception. And development of children and the elderly are not applicable to the calculation method of BMI values.



　Weight Loss Tips:

Setting goals must be realistic. The best way to lose weight and to maintain the effect after weight loss is: a balanced diet, do moderate exercise every day. To develop good habits, which is the basis for healthy life.

Xiaoman Yao and small stuck his bottom all women dream. To be able to have both fish and bear's paw, it seems too difficult point, however, have a healthy waist-hip ratio is not what the ambitious, would like to know what is the optimum ratio of waist to hip do? Together calculate a look!

Concerned about the waist-hip ratio, allows you to keep abreast of their own health status, but also to establish a cordon to yourself is a very effective health indicators. Once the waist-hip ratio is too large, which means increased health risks. Diabetes, high blood pressure will be very easy to find knocking on the door; for men, are also more prone to heart disease.

According to a recent study shows that apple-shaped women, a higher risk of heart disease. The study found that female apple shape compared to pear-shaped women, the probability of suffering from heart disease should be twice as high. Even if you are not too fat, this shape can make you at risk the health of state.

So far, to reduce abdominal fat, and not too effective. Only a choice: control diet and hard exercise. Apple shape of the people, to reduce the waist circumference is a very difficult task, the most practical goal should be to cultivate a healthy lifestyle and gradually reducing the overall weight, rather than just one part of the body to reduce weight. For most people, weight, waist-hip ratio reduction also means a decline in the risk of suffering from heart diseases are also reduced.