Contents:
- Medical Video: How to measure Waist Circumference
- What diseases can be predicted through waist size?
- Predictions of waist circumference and height are more accurate than body mass index
- How do you know the risk of chronic disease by comparing waist circumference with height?
Medical Video: How to measure Waist Circumference
Did you know that now you can know the risk of diabetes, heart disease, or other chronic diseases by only measuring waist circumference? No longer with weight scales, but with a clothing meter, you can already find out whether you are in danger or not. How to?
What diseases can be predicted through waist size?
So far, the standard of nutrition and health status is more often seen from the value of the body mass index (BMI). If someone has an excessive body mass index, it can be said that the person is experiencing overweight or obesity. Whereas, when someone is obese or overweight, the risk they have of various chronic diseases is increasing, such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, heart attack, or even heart failure.
But according to several recent studies, nutritional status using body mass index is no longer the only examination that is best in determining the risk of chronic disease in a person. A journal published in Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, reported that there were 34 studies stating that the ratio of waist circumference to height was better at predicting diabetes mellitus, excess fat conditions, hypertension, and early symptoms of heart disease.
Predictions of waist circumference and height are more accurate than body mass index
Although indeed calculating body mass index is quite easy, but some experts state that the value of BMI cannot be used as a full benchmark in determining the risk of chronic disease in a person. Because, the IMT calculation does not see how much total fat is in your body.
Indeed, someone who is obese definitely has a lot of total fat content. However, thin people where the normal body mass index value may have the same total fat content or even more than a fat person. While the waist and abdomen are the main places in storing body fat, so the size of the waist circumference can be used as a benchmark in knowing how much body fat you have - although this measurement is a simple measurement.
In addition, measuring waist size is easier and simpler when compared to calculating a body mass index that has its own formula.
How do you know the risk of chronic disease by comparing waist circumference with height?
To find out how high the risk of chronic illness you have, all you need to do is measure your waist circumference using a cloth meter. After knowing your waist circumference value, compare it with your current height. Is the value of your waist circumference greater than your height? Or is it smaller?
Experts state that someone who is considered healthy and has a small risk of developing diabetes, stroke, heart disease, and high blood pressure, are people who the size of his waist circumference is less than half his height.
Here's an example, if you have a height of 160 cm, then you are said to be healthy if you have a waist circumference of less than 80 cm (half of 160). Whereas if your waist size exceeds this number, you are more at risk for experiencing chronic diseases.
