Interesting snippets of information thread

LumberJacck

I thought it might be interesting to have a thread where people can quote differing websites and post the snippet here, also posting where they found the information.

"People with a high waist-to-height ratio, whose waists measure 80 percent of their height, tend die about 17 years earlier than thinner people"

http://health.ninemsn.com.au/dietandnutrition/8658943/waist-to-height-ratio-more-accurate-health-predictor-than-bmi-academic