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Scientists have come up with a new measure of whether you are overweight.
They say slimmers should check whether their waist is more than half their height.
If it is you have an increased risk of living a shorter life.
A 30-year old non-smoking man could reduce his life expectancy by as much as 14% if his waist/height ratio is 0.7 and by as much as a third if it is 0.8.
Dr Margaret Ashwell, of Oxford Brookes University, Ashwell said: ?Keeping your waist circumference to less than half your height can help increase life expectancy for every person in the world.?
BMI measures body weight compared to height but researchers already know that waist circumference is a more accurate pointer to ill health.
The researchers looked at 300,000 of many different nationalities including those with type-2 diabetes, cardio vascular problems, and abnormal fat levels.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/techno...e-you-overweight-if-your-waist-is-more-829366
They say slimmers should check whether their waist is more than half their height.
If it is you have an increased risk of living a shorter life.
A 30-year old non-smoking man could reduce his life expectancy by as much as 14% if his waist/height ratio is 0.7 and by as much as a third if it is 0.8.
Dr Margaret Ashwell, of Oxford Brookes University, Ashwell said: ?Keeping your waist circumference to less than half your height can help increase life expectancy for every person in the world.?
BMI measures body weight compared to height but researchers already know that waist circumference is a more accurate pointer to ill health.
The researchers looked at 300,000 of many different nationalities including those with type-2 diabetes, cardio vascular problems, and abnormal fat levels.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/techno...e-you-overweight-if-your-waist-is-more-829366
