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New Research on Waist Measurements

grassette
Posts: 976 Member
http://life.nationalpost.com/2011/08/09/why-one-waist-size-guide-doesnt-fit-all-ethnic-backgrounds/
Check out the waist measurements for different ethnic groups.
Check out the waist measurements for different ethnic groups.
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nice, thanks for posting!!0
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not sure why they would pick that point as the point to meausure at the waist
note, i measure waists for a living0 -
my waist should be 31.5 inches? then i still have a ways to go. last i checked, i was 35.5 inches....
if every 5 lbs will lose me an inch...."only" 20 lbs to go :oO0 -
Interesting!!0
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dang! Its not working for me! (the site)0
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not sure why they would pick that point as the point to meausure at the waist
note, i measure waists for a living
So do I and the belly button is pretty much the standard[ which is about where the article describes], for the last 20 years that i've been doing it. I'm a personal trainer and nutritional consultant. If you are talking about pants and stuff that's totally different. But ya, even if you take a look at most skinfold sites there is an umbilical site because of its high association with fat.0 -
I measre two places, I measure fat lost, so I measure the fattiest place above the belly button and below or at if thats where fat sits on the body, i have no interest in their bony part0
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@ lookpretty,,,would you please post here the "proper" way to waist-measure? Thanks!0
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alright then!!!0
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There are several ways to measure your waist, a very valuable tool though is a tension controlled tape measure, gnc sells them, this will help you are consistently measuring with the same amount of stress on the tape
the way to measure another body and your own is different, you can measure your belly button, you can pick the thickest part of your waist, you can use the thickest part above umbilicus, below and at, but measure the same place with the same amount of tension on the tape, the measurements are useless otherwise, consistent accuracy of A place is more important than what place you measure0 -
I measre two places, I measure fat lost, so I measure the fattiest place above the belly button and below or at if thats where fat sits on the body, i have no interest in their bony part
Ah see, the bony parts they mention are for landmarking the gut midpoint, not measuring.0 -
I measre two places, I measure fat lost, so I measure the fattiest place above the belly button and below or at if thats where fat sits on the body, i have no interest in their bony part
Ah see, the bony parts they mention are for landmarking the gut midpoint, not measuring.
but my fat part isnt anywhere near the middle point between those two, that assumes the proportions will lie correctly within that range, thats silly0 -
Why don't they take into account height? I'm 5'9" and I'm definitely going to have a higher waist circumference than a 5'1" woman who is proportional to me, just smaller.. sorry it's hard to explain but I think you get my point.0
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yes waist circumferance is nonsense, as is weight, as is weight to height, what is becoming more popular is waist to hip ratio0
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What I found interesting was that the dangers to health posed by the "apple" shape greatly varied according to your ethnicity, how that affected the likelihood of disease. I once met a pathologist at a party who said that people die from their bad habits.0
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I also liked how the waist information can help me set a weight goal. If, as the article states, one has to loose 5 lbs to get rid of an inch around the waist, I can use the difference between my measurments and the optimal measurment to calculate how much I need to lose to have the least visceral fat around the organs, hence reduce to its lowest risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
It's just one more incentive!0
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