Is waist size largely genetics?

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  • wunderkindking
    wunderkindking Posts: 1,615 Member
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    wunderkindking wrote: »
    The thing listed above is an oversimplification.

    It's actually waist to hips RATIO: https://www.healthline.com/health/waist-to-hip-ratio that determines a health risk.

    I know this works well for most people but it doesn't work well for people with narrow hips and wide rib cage like me. It always has told me I am super high risk even though I am at the bottom of a healthy weight for my height.

    Yeah, I am one of those people. I'm built like a telephone pole - straight up and down, just with boobs. My pelvic bones and ribs are precisely in line. That said when I gain I gain mostly directly in my stomach so my stomach ends up much bigger than my hips, anyway. ...granted that was when I was obese.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    corinasue1143 wrote: »
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    Some people care about waist size—the requirements for guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier.

    This is not accurate. These are the actual physical qualifications: "Each soldier must be in superb physical condition, possess an unblemished military record and be between 5 feet, 10 inches and 6 feet, 4 inches tall for men or 5 feet, 8 inches and 6 feet, 2 inches tall for women, with a proportionate weight and build."

    Some other stuff in that is untrue, like the stuff about never being able to drink again in your life, even off duty (that is what first inspired me to check it out).

    https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-tomb-unknown-soldier/fact-check-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier-sentinels-must-observe-rigorous-protocols-but-can-still-drink-alcohol-off-duty-swear-in-public-idUSKBN2322DK
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,035 Member
    Yes and no. One's frame does matter to a point. How wide one's hip structure and rib cage has an effect. And where one stores fat mostly around the midsection as well. But in most cases, if one gets their body fat percentage down lower than normal, it's possible to have a much smaller waist.

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  • wunderkindking
    wunderkindking Posts: 1,615 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Yes and no. One's frame does matter to a point. How wide one's hip structure and rib cage has an effect. And where one stores fat mostly around the midsection as well. But in most cases, if one gets their body fat percentage down lower than normal, it's possible to have a much smaller waist.

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    This is basically it, actually.

    I do not have an hour glass figure. I do not have a narrower waist than hips. BUT MY WAIST SIZE at 147 is a lot smaller than my waist size was at 190. It's just that in proportion to the rest of me it is about the same and I don't anticipate that changing.

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