Sunday, March 1, 2009

Importance of Abdominal Girth to Health Risk



Abdominal Girth is an important measurement to use in combination with Body Mass Index (BMI).  Take a flexible measuring tape and simply place it around the area of greatest girth in the abdominal area.  This is not necessarily the belt line or belt size.

The Chart above demonstrates the significant health risks associated with this measurement.  Most often Girth and BMI will confirm one another as to the degree of health impact and risk.


3 comments:

  1. Hi Barbara, Thanks for the article. Can you share the reference source for the chart you've provided? I'd be interested in looking at the original article where that chart is contained. Thanks, David

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  2. Nice post. Well what can I say is that these is an interesting and very informative topic on abdominal health

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