Anyone use this measurement?

endlessfall16
endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
Waist to height ratio, more valid measurement than BMI.

https://www.health-calc.com/body-composition/waist-to-height-ratio

Replies

  • rachelr1116
    rachelr1116 Posts: 334 Member
    My problem with waist to height ratio is that I'm really tall (around 5'11") and have always had an hourglass shape with a very defined waist. Going by waist to height ratio I was "ok" with a 35" waist even though I was 209 lbs and had a BMI of 29.5.
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    rachelr1116 wrote: »
    My problem with waist to height ratio is that I'm really tall (around 5'11") and have always had an hourglass shape with a very defined waist. Going by waist to height ratio I was "ok" with a 35" waist even though I was 209 lbs and had a BMI of 29.5.

    Interesting. Would you consider yourself an outlier?

    This measurement gives you a better result than the BMI though. :)

  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    yes...and BF%
  • Lesscookies
    Lesscookies Posts: 48 Member
    I used to have a friend that was a NP she mentioned she uses waist circumference and doesn't think BMI was all that great. I haven't heard of the height to waist part before though.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    numbers are numbers.

    I prefer to define it on how I feel and how my clothing fits...but oh look another number.

    You can't take one or two numbers...you need them all.

    BMI, waist to height, weight, BF%, BP, blood numbers etc...
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    BMI has its problems, but the issue you get into when you use something else is that most of the health research uses BMI, so you don't really know anything from other measurements.
This discussion has been closed.

Categories