How do you measure up?

[d000hg]

Keep your waist to less than half your height, guidance says

People should be encouraged to measure their waist to check they don't have too much dangerous fat around their middle, updated guidelines say.

An adult's waist should be less than half their height to reduce health risks, health body NICE recommends.

Is your waist technically where your belly button is - as this chap (or lady) is demonstrating? I thought your waist measurement was just above the hips... if you have any sort of a belly you'd get very different number.

So circumference/height is our new metric...

[OwlHoot]

Just did a quick rough waist measurement with string and it only comes up to my chest. Phew! Almost out of the danger zone!

[malvolio]

Waist measurement is fine. I'm just about 14 inches too short...

[Gibbon]

I'm just about 14 inches too short...

Aren't we all!

[Whorty]

Vetran is awfully quiet on this thread




That's more like it, the world is back to normal

[hobnob]

Is your waist technically where your belly button is - as this chap (or lady) is demonstrating? I thought your waist measurement was just above the hips... if you have any sort of a belly you'd get very different number.

Quoting from the BBC article:
"Explain to people that to measure their waist, they should find the bottom of their ribs and the top of their hips, wrap a tape measure around the waist midway between these points and breathe out naturally before taking the measurement,"

[vetran]

I wish I measured up to Vetran, his chap drags on the floor

FTFY

[d000hg]

Only way that could be true is if you're a thalidomide survivor

[Paddy]

Perfect when using inches to measure waist and centimetres for height

[Whorty]

FTFY

When was the last time you saw Little Vetty without using a mirror?