At
risk waist measurements are 37 inches or more for men, except those of South Asian origin who are at risk at 35 inches or more, and 31.5 inches or more for all women.
Not exact matches
We all reach that stage in life when our
waist measurement begins to catch up with our age, and we begin to wonder if we are at
risk of never seeing our feet again without the help of a mirror.
In this study, the authors investigated the associations between various body
measurements at baseline, mainly BMI and
waist circumference, and the
risk of prostate cancer incidence, with a focus on tumour stage and grade, and on mortality from prostate cancer.
Using a novel approach, scientists at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC - WHO) showed that three different
measurements of body size, BMI,
waist circumference, and
waist to hip ratio all predicted similar obesity - related cancer
risk in older adults.
From a practical perspective, these findings suggest that more complicated and expensive body fat
measurement does not provide an advantage in assessing mortality
risk over more readily available and less expensive obesity measures such as BMI or
waist circumference.
Regardless of your
waist measurement, you are decreasing your
risk of those diseases by eating plant based.
The following conclusion could, for example, be arrived at from an opening thesis statement: «height, weight, and
waist measurement can warn a person they are at
risk of obesity.»