Waist size and your health

hercules411
on 1/18/10 10:46 pm

I posted earlier asking for input on the best way to tell if you are healthy.

BMI based on your height and weight?
Body Fat Percentage?

How about your waist size?

Here is an excerpt from a recent study on waist size and risk of cardiovascular problems:

For abdominal obesity, a waist circumference of at least 34.6 in versus less than 31.5 in. in women and at least 40.2 in. versus less than 37 in. in men was associated with 2.9 times higher relative risk of nonfatal cardiovascular disease.

Link to entire article:
www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/Obesity/17366

I weigh 251 lbs at six foot one inches tall. BMI charts say I should weigh between 173 and 189 lbs.

My waist as 46 inches.

It would appear to me that to become less at risk for a heart attack, I need to get my waist smaller than 40 inches.

Does anyone have any experience with reaching their goal weight, (not that I have yet) but still having a larger waist then they believe is healthy?

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patrickh
on 1/18/10 11:23 pm - Dayton, OH

RNY on 09/01/09

I seem to be loosing everywhere but my waist - more so my belly. I just went shopping for new dress shirts and my neck says I should be 17 1/2" but my 52" waist says I still need to get 18 1/2" shirts.

Highest 406 / Surgery 391 / Lowest 196 / Current 219

hercules411
on 1/19/10 10:42 am

RNY on 09/21/09

I'm going through the same thing Patrick. But it now seems I'm losing weight on my waist. You'll come along.

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frytlon
on 1/19/10 8:41 pm - bethel, ME

RNY on 10/20/09

I hope so. For the first time since I was a kid (and I just turned 60), I am wearing 38's, and I am wearing them around my waist where they should be, not hanging on my hips below my belly! I don't need suspenders to keep them up. Now I am shooting for 36! Never thought there would come a day, but maybe...

lbsadropping
on 1/20/10 8:34 am - Crofton, MD

RNY on 11/18/08

I'am 5'9" and down to an honest 36" Wanting to be 34-35 My loss is approx. 10lbs for every inch.
Have some hanging skin and a small turkey neck. But hell at 63 I deserve it

Batwingsman
on 1/23/10 7:38 pm, edited 1/23/10 7:40 pm - Garland, TX

DS on 08/12/06

The men's health study I posted on a couple of weeks or so ago found that optimal health was related to a waist size not over 50% of height in inches .. e.g. a 6' male should have a waist 36" or less . (measured just below the navel) ..

That news really bummed me out, as even at my lowest weight of 251 I still had a mid-40"s waist (and that was "below the belly") ..

Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "

HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )

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