WAIST MEASUREMENT MATTERS

1 GallstonesCirrhosisNonalcoholic Fatty Liver DiseasePancreatic CancerColorectal AdenomasColorectal Cancer Early DeathDecreased Quality of Life WAIST MEASUREMENT MATTERSE xcess weight, as measured by BMI, is not the only risk to your health. The location of fat on your body is important too. TO MEASURE YOUR WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE, place a tape measure around your bare abdomen, just above your hip bone. Be sure that the tape is snug but does not compress your skin, and is parallel to the fl oor. Relax, exhale, and measure your WAIST . Source: NIDDK Weight-Control Information NetworkBODY MASS INDEX TABLEN ormalOverweightObeseExtreme ObesityBMI20 2425262728293031323334353637383940 50 Height (feet & inches) Body Weight (pounds)4'10"96 1151191241291341381431481531581621671721 77181186191 2394'11"99 119 1241281331381431481531581631681731781831 88193198 2475'0"102 1231281331381431481531581631681741791841 89194199204 2555'1"106 1271321371431481531581641691741801851901 95201206211 2645'2"109 1311361421471531581641691751801861911962 02207213218 2735'3"113 1351411461521581631691751801861911972032 08214220225 2825'4"116 1401451511571631691741801861921972042092 15221227232 2915'5"120 1441501561621681741801861921982042102162 22228234240 3005'6"124 1481551611671731791861921982042102162232 29235241247 3095'7"127 1531591661721781851911982042112172232302 36242249255 3195'8"131 1581641711771841901972032102162232302362 43249256262 3285'9"135 1621691761821891962032092162232302362432 50257263270 3385'10"139 1671741811881952022092162222292362432502 57264271278 3485'11"143 1721791861932002082152222292362432502572 65272279286 3586'0"147 1771841911992062132212282352422502582652 72279287294 3686'1"151

2 1821891972042122192272352422502572652722 80288295302 3786'2"155 1861942022102182252332412492562642722802 87295303311 3896'3"160 1922002082162242322402482562642722792872 95303311319 3996'4"164 1972052132212302382462542632712792872953 04312320328 410source: NHLBI Obesity GuidelineThe BMI is a tool used to assess overweight and obesity and monitor changes in body weight. BMI has its limitations because it does not measure body fat or muscle directly. It is calculated by dividing a person s weight in pounds by height in inches squared and multiplying by you carry fat mainly around your WAIST , you are more likely to develop health problems than if you carry fat mainly in your hips and thighs. This is true even if your BMI falls within the normal range. Women with a WAIST MEASUREMENT of more than 35 inches or men with a WAIST MEASUREMENT of more than 40 inches may have a higher disease risk than people with smaller WAIST measurements because of where their fat s Esophagus Erosive EsophagitisGastroesophageal Refl ux (GERD)Esophageal CancerWOMEN S INITIATIVEE mpowering Women.

3 Improving S INITIATIVEE mpowering Women. Improving S INITIATIVEE mpowering Women. Improving s Esophagus Erosive EsophagitisGastroesophageal Refl ux (GERD)Esophageal CancerGallstonesCirrhosisNonalcoholic Fatty Liver DiseasePancreatic CancerColorectal AdenomasColorectal Cancer Early DeathDecreased Quality of Life WAIST MEASUREMENT MATTERSE xcess weight, as measured by BMI, is not the only risk to your health. The location of fat on your body is important too. TO MEASURE YOUR WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE, place a tape measure around your bare abdomen, just above your hip bone. Be sure that the tape is snug but does not compress your skin, and is parallel to the fl oor. Relax, exhale, and measure your WAIST . Source: NIDDK Weight-Control Information NetworkBODY MASS INDEX TABLEN ormalOverweightObeseExtreme ObesityBMI20 2425262728293031323334353637383940 50 Height (centimeters) Body Weight (kilograms)147cm ( )44 5254565961636567697273767880828487 108150cm ( )45 5456586063656769727476788183858890 112152cm ( )46 5658606365676972747679818386889093 116155cm ( )48 5760626567697274777982848688919396 120157cm ( )49 5962646769727477798284878992949799 124160cm ( )51 616466697274777982848789929497100102 128163cm ( )53 6466687174777982848789939598100103105 132165cm ( )54 65687173767982848790939598101103106109 136168cm ( )56 677073767881848790939598101104107109112 140170cm ( )57 6972757881848790939698101104107110113116 145172cm ( )59 7274788083868992959810110410711011311611 9 149175cm ( )61 7377808386899295981011041071101131171191 23 153178cm ( )63 7679828588929598101104107110113117120123 126 158180cm ( ) 65 7881848891949810110410711011311712012312 7130 162183cm ( )

4 67 8083879093971001031071101131171201231271 30133 167185cm ( ) 68 8386899396991031071101131171201231271311 34137 171188cm ( ) 70 8488929599102106109113116120123127130134 137141 176191cm ( ) 73 8791949810210510911211612012312713013413 7141145 181193cm ( ) 74 8993971001041081121151191231271301341381 42145149 186source: NHLBI Obesity GuidelineThe BMI is a tool used to assess overweight and obesity and monitor changes in body weight. BMI has its limitations because it does not measure body fat or muscle directly. The formula for BMI is weight in kilograms divided by height in meters you carry fat mainly around your WAIST , you are more likely to develop health problems than if you carry fat mainly in your hips and thighs. This is true even if your BMI falls within the normal range. Women with a WAIST MEASUREMENT of more than 35 inches ( cm) or men with a WAIST MEASUREMENT of more than 40 inches ( cm) may have a higher disease risk than people with smaller WAIST measurements because of where their fat S INITIATIVEE mpowering Women.

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