{"id":650,"date":"2017-08-20T20:57:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T00:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/?p=650"},"modified":"2021-11-08T16:46:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T21:46:09","slug":"test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/2017\/08\/20\/test\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

There are several different ways to tell if you are overweight or obese, the quickest of which is a long hard look in the mirror. However, simply looking yourself over is sometimes not enough to tell if you are at increased risk of any health problems because of your weight and even the standard measure of obesity in the UK \u2013 body mass index (BMI) \u2013 has its flaws. For more dietary tips make sure to visit sandiegomagazine.com\/<\/a><\/em>.-<\/p>\n

While the BMI measurement has been shown by studies to be a good indicator of an average person\u2019s health risks, the pretty glaring flaw is that the figure used for weight doesn\u2019t take into account what\u2019s fat and what\u2019s muscle. It\u2019s neatly described with the example of a rugby player whose muscle-bound physique means his weight is so high he is defined as obese under the BMI system. Of course a clinical research<\/a> is always ideal<\/p>\n

Then there are the stars of the classic (and it is a classic) film Twins, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, who would both have BMIs of 34, despite having\u2026 somewhat different body shapes.<\/p>\n

Body shape is an important factor to consider, because if you have an apple-shaped physique, where fat masses around your midriff, it is considered more dangerous than a pear-shaped body, where fat collects around the hips and thighs.<\/p>\n

The apple-shaped bod is more common in men and carrying around that abdominal fat is linked with all sorts of bad news \u2013 namely an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death. That last one sounds particularly bad. Prevent most obesity related conditions after reading these exipure real reviews<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there\u2019s a quick and easy way to tell if you are carrying around too much timber in your midriff, a method that was recently highlighted on the BBC One show The Truth About\u2026, Obesity. As shown in the clip from the show below, all you need for the test is a piece of string.<\/p>\n

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To put into words what was so admirably shown in moving pictures, you grab the string, use it to measure your height, fold that length in half and see if it wraps around your waist. Wrap the halved length of string halfway between your hip bone and your lowest rib. Don\u2019t breathe in \u2013 you\u2019ll only be cheating yourself. If the string isn\u2019t long enough to wrap around your entire waist, your waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is more than 0.5 and you are at increased risk of health problems.<\/p>\n

In 2014 researchers from Case Business School looked into the extra risk of early death created by having a WHtR measurement over 0.5 and, pleasingly, they used Twins as an example. They found that, despite their matching BMIs, Arnie (WHtR 0.48) wouldn\u2019t expect to lose any years of life, while DeVito (WHtR of 0.71), risked losing 5.8 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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