Looks like BMI is now thankfully out the window and waist and hips are in:
http://www.thelancet.com/ Obesity should be redefined to get accurate picture of heart-attack risk Waist-to-hip ratio, not body mass index (BMI), is the best obesity measure for assessing a person's risk of heart attack, conclude authors of a study published this week. If obesity is redefined using waist-to-hip ratio instead of BMI, the proportion of people at risk of heart attack increases threefold. Heart-attack patients had a strikingly higher waist-to-hip ratio than people in a control group, irrespective of other cardiovascular risk factors.
-- Tony
"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right." - Lord Hailsham
Looks like BMI is now thankfully out the window and waist and hips are in:
http://www.thelancet.com/ Obesity should be redefined to get accurate picture of heart-attack risk Waist-to-hip ratio, not body mass index (BMI), is the best obesity measure for assessing a person's risk of heart attack, conclude authors of a study published this week. If obesity is redefined using waist-to-hip ratio instead of BMI, the proportion of people at risk of heart attack increases threefold. Heart-attack patients had a strikingly higher waist-to-hip ratio than people in a control group, irrespective of other cardiovascular risk factors.
Looks like BMI is now thankfully out the window and waist and hips are in:
http://www.thelancet.com/ Obesity should be redefined to get accurate picture of heart-attack risk Waist-to-hip ratio, not body mass index (BMI), is the best obesity measure for assessing a person's risk of heart attack, conclude authors of a study published this week. If obesity is redefined using waist-to-hip ratio instead of BMI, the proportion of people at risk of heart attack increases threefold. Heart-attack patients had a strikingly higher waist-to-hip ratio than people in a control group, irrespective of other cardiovascular risk factors.
Ahh, Apples and Pears.
<does a quick google 'n measure>
Apparently, I am a Pear (0.97).
And I am a rather surprising 0.8ish with a BMI in mid 30's. Definitely big boned...
Looks like BMI is now thankfully out the window and waist and hips are in:
Seems to want subscription. So how does one find out where exactly to measure? Or whether to hold the stomach in or push out? Or what is a good or bad ratio (presumably very different for men and women)?
Looks like BMI is now thankfully out the window and waist and hips are in:
http://www.thelancet.com/ Obesity should be redefined to get accurate picture of heart-attack risk Waist-to-hip ratio, not body mass index (BMI), is the best obesity measure for assessing a person's risk of heart attack, conclude authors of a study published this week. If obesity is redefined using waist-to-hip ratio instead of BMI, the proportion of people at risk of heart attack increases threefold. Heart-attack patients had a strikingly higher waist-to-hip ratio than people in a control group, irrespective of other cardiovascular risk factors.
Ahh, Apples and Pears.
<does a quick google 'n measure>
Apparently, I am a Pear (0.97).
And I am a rather surprising 0.8ish with a BMI in mid 30's. Definitely big boned...
..d
I come out at 0.93. Healthy, but with a huge [censored] :-)
Looks like BMI is now thankfully out the window and waist and hips are in:
Seems to want subscription. So how does one find out where exactly to measure? Or whether to hold the stomach in or push out? Or what is a good or bad ratio (presumably very different for men and women)?
Looks like BMI is now thankfully out the window and waist and hips are in:
Seems to want subscription.
Get Firefox. Get the BugMeNot extension. Go to website, right click on login box and select BugMeNot. Voila, instant access to the full article.
or read it more carefully. It requires /registration/ which is free. Obviously it is probably worth getting firefox anyway but then I imagine you (Nick) already have a sensible browser anyway)
Tony Raven wrote: > Looks like BMI is now thankfully out the window and waist and hips > are in:
Seems to want subscription.
Get Firefox. Get the BugMeNot extension. Go to website, right click on login box and select BugMeNot. Voila, instant access to the full article.
or read it more carefully. It requires /registration/ which is free. Obviously it is probably worth getting firefox anyway but then I imagine you (Nick) already have a sensible browser anyway)
Well I must be doing somethng wrong. I've registered but it's now saying that I've got to pay for the article.
Get Firefox. Get the BugMeNot extension. Go to website, right click on login box and select BugMeNot. Voila, instant access to the full article.
Except that the BugMeNot extension uses the database at www.bugmenot.com, which seems to be no more. I'm assuming the extension would no longer work - I always went to the website rather than installing the extension. The extension also seems to be no longer available.
Get Firefox. Get the BugMeNot extension. Go to website, right click on login box and select BugMeNot. Voila, instant access to the full article.
Except that the BugMeNot extension uses the database at www.bugmenot.com, which seems to be no more. I'm assuming the extension would no longer work - I always went to the website rather than installing the extension. The extension also seems to be no longer available.
Except that the BugMeNot extension uses the database at www.bugmenot.com, which seems to be no more. I'm assuming the extension would no longer work - I always went to the website rather than installing the extension. The extension also seems to be no longer available.
I just downloaded it and it works. The Bugmenot server seems to be working again.
Hmm. I've tried it, and when I try to use the extension I just get taken to the www.bugmenot.com, which displays a page showing "This web site is parked free, courtesy of GoDaddy.com®". The site was working fine a few days ago.
If it's working for you, perhaps I just need to wait for a DNS table somewhere to be updated.
