Edit Body mass index versus waist to hip ratio

<p>The waist-to-hip ratio measurement can be used to help determine obesity. The distribution of fat is evaluated by dividing waist size by hip size.</p> <p>A person with a 30-inch waist and 40-inch hips would have a ratio of .75; one with a 41-inch waist and 39-inch hips would have a ratio of 1.05. The higher the ratio, the higher the risk of heart disease and other obesity-related disorders. Hence a high waist-hip ratio reflects a large waist measurement relative to the hips and a higher proportion of the risky visceral fat. Even in patients with a BMI as low as 23 a high waist-hip ratio predicted an increased risk of heart attack.</p> <p>The Interheart study of 15,000 patients which found that the ratio between the waist and the hip measurement predicted the risk of a heart attack more accurately than using BMI alone. </p>

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