IDEAL BODY WEIGHT
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Body Mass Index "BMI" is a better predictor of disease than Body Weight since it takes height into account, but it doesn't say what or where that mass is.
Body-builders can have huge "BMIs", especially since muscle is heavier than fat, but it doesn't mean they are obese.
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Health risks can be determined as much by the relative distribution of the excess fat as by its total amount. It’s not so much body fat, but visceral body fat, abdominal fat the fat around our internal organs that most increases our risk of dying prematurely.
All these women have the exact same BMI, but it's the people with this so-called Apple Shape that tend to live the shortest. Waist circumference brings both “What and Where” of the weight into the equation, and can also be affected by height.
A systematic review of “Waist to Height Ratio “WHR” as a screening tool for the prediction of cardiovascular disease and diabetes” was recently published, concluding WHR was superior to BMI. The message out of the study was: "keep your waist circumference to less than half your height".
Take a cloth measuring tape and measure halfway between the top of your hip bones and the bottom of your rib-cage. Stand up straight, breathe deep, exhale, let it all hang out and that measurement should be half your height.
And if it’s not, you should not only cut down on your consumption of meat, but also your consumption of refined plant foods, whereas at least 3 servings a day of whole grains was recently associated with a slimmer waist in a separate Study.
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Sources:
http://nutritionfacts.org/
Browning LM, Hsieh SD, Ashwell M. A systematic review of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for the prediction of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: 0·5 could be a suitable global boundary value. Nutr Res Rev. 2010 Dec;23(2):247-69.
Leitzmann MF, Moore SC, Koster A, Harris TB, Park Y, Hollenbeck A, Schatzkin A. Waist circumference as compared with body-mass index in predicting mortality from specific causes. PLoS One. 2011 Apr 26;6(4):e18582.
Chang SH, Beason TS, Hunleth JM, Colditz GA. A systematic review of body fat distribution and mortality in older people. Maturitas. 2012 May 15.
http://nutritionfacts.org/
Browning LM, Hsieh SD, Ashwell M. A systematic review of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for the prediction of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: 0·5 could be a suitable global boundary value. Nutr Res Rev. 2010 Dec;23(2):247-69.
Leitzmann MF, Moore SC, Koster A, Harris TB, Park Y, Hollenbeck A, Schatzkin A. Waist circumference as compared with body-mass index in predicting mortality from specific causes. PLoS One. 2011 Apr 26;6(4):e18582.
Chang SH, Beason TS, Hunleth JM, Colditz GA. A systematic review of body fat distribution and mortality in older people. Maturitas. 2012 May 15.
