Sentences with phrase «waist circumference ratio»

It has been shown to help reduce body fat, supporting a healthier BMI and hip to waist circumference ratio.

Not exact matches

This sweet, rich oil was shown to do some pretty nifty things for abdominally obese women in a 2009 study out of Brazil, including decreasing their waist circumference, increasing beneficial HDL (high - density lipoprotein) cholesterol and improving the ratio of «bad» LDL (low - density lipoprotein) to «good» HDL cholesterol.

Inverse genetic correlations were reported with Alzheimer's disease, depressive symptoms, smoking history, schizophrenia, waist - to - hip ratio, body mass index, and waist circumference.

The international GIANT consortium is already reaping the benefits of big data sets with papers on new variants linked to BMI and a companion paper in today's Nature on waist - to - hip circumference ratio.

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.

Odds ratios of reporting heart disease and diabetes diagnoses were computed in fully adjusted models (Table 3), using z - scores of BPA and adjusting for age, sex, race / ethnicity, education, income, smoking, BMI, waist circumference and urinary creatinine concentrations.

When adjustments were made for intake of meat, beer, vegetables, and root crops, the intake of fat from milk and cream was still related to body weight, waist circumference, BMI, the waist - to - hip ratio, and the fasting plasma glucose concentration (data not shown).

Emerging research suggests that measuring a person's waist circumference and comparing it to the size of her hips — the waist - to - hip ratio — may be even more telling.

Mehta stressed that women need to «know their numbers» — including blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose, body mass index (BMI, a ratio of weight to height), and waist circumference.

But researchers found that heart patients with a high ratio of waist - to - hip circumference or a large waist size — greater than 35 inches for women, or 40 inches for men — were 70 % more likely to die during the study period than those with smaller waists.

Instead, the researchers used the ratio of waist circumference to height.

But when they looked at waist circumference and waist - to - hip ratio alone — not just overall weight — they found that those factors were strongly associated with a higher mortality risk too.

«The waist - to - hip ratio or waist circumference might be particularly important for people at the low end of the [BMI] spectrum,» she says.

The researchers adjusted for other factors that would contribute to weight gain, including waist - to - hip ratio and hip circumference, which means that women who were already at a high risk were pushed even farther into the danger zone when they consumed sugary drinks.

A large review of 21 different studies discovered that while fish oil doesn't cause weight loss it does change anthropometric measurements such as waist circumference and waist - to - hip ratio, which are both strongly correlated with heart disease (27).

They also said there was a very «robust» association between alcohol intake, waist circumference and waist to hip ratio.

There were also changes in their waist circumference, waist - to - hip ratio, diastolic blood pressure (the lower of the two blood pressure readings), resting heart rate and levels of HDL - cholesterol.

A study published in a 2012 edition of the «British Journal of Nutrition» reports that a reduced - calorie diet with a one - to - two protein / carb ratio was most successful for diet adherence, body - fat reduction, reduced waist circumference, a lower waist - to - hip ratio and preservation of lean body mass compared with diets with one - to - four or one - to - one protein / carb ratios.

The two most popular methods to measure abdominal obesity and gauge the amount of visceral fat are absolute waist circumference and waist - hip ratio.

A lot of recent research indicates that waist circumference alone, or even better waist - height - ratio (WHtR), is a better predictor of obesity and health risks than BMI is.

We measured his waist and hip circumference and calculated his waist - to - hip ratio.

But researchers found that heart patients with a high ratio of waist - to - hip circumference or a large waist size — greater than 35 inches for women, or 40 inches for men — were 70 percent more likely to die during the study period than those with smaller waists.

My BMI is 16.4 and my waist circumference to height ratio is 0.42.

«Our data show that enjoying pasta according to individuals» needs contributes to a healthy body mass index, lower waist circumference and better waist - hip ratio».

Results, published this month, suggest that both men and women who enjoyed pasta as part of a regular Mediterranean diet (that is, along with fresh vegetables like tomatoes and onions, legumes, seafood, and olive oil) had a lower body mass index, smaller waist circumference, and lower waist - to - hip ratio.

The risk ratios ranged from 1.65 to 3.19 when obesity was measured by waist circumference and from 1.69 to 2.55 when the ratio of waist to hip was used.

Salivary cortisol, body mass index, waist circumference, waist / hip ratio, lipid status, glucose, blood pressure, heart rate, C - reactive protein, cytokines, adrenaline, noradrenaline.

Specifically, associations with conventional cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic abnormalities (body mass index, waist circumference, waist / hip ratio, lipid status, glucose, blood pressure, heart rate and heart rate variability), markers related to inflammation (C - reactive protein, cytokines and tumor necrosis factor - alpha) and other stress hormones (adrenaline and noradrenaline) were studied.