Waist circumference high-risk

Waist circumference (WC) is the most practical method of characterizing central or visceral adiposity. Clinically, WC is the narrowest circumference measured in the area between the last rib and the top of the iliac crest. The current definition for high-risk WC is greater than 40 inches in males and greater than 35 inches in females. ... 

Waist Circumference. The waist circumference is another anthropometric measurement that serves as an indicator of body composition but is used as a measure of obesity and body fat distribution (the apple shape ), not malnutrition. It is the distance around the natural waist of a standing individual (at the umbilicus). A high-risk waistline is more than 35 inches (88 cm) for women and more than 40 inches (102 cm) for men. 

Obesity can be measured in two main ways body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference (WC Douketis et al., 2005). BMI is a measure of weight (in kilograms) divided by height (in metres) squared and a BMI > 30 kg/m is classified as obese. Furthermore, BMI levels are associated with high (BMI 30-34.9 kg/m ), very high (BMI 35-39.9 kg/m ) and extremely high (BMI >40 kg/m ) risks of developing health problems such as DM2. BMI is a relatively easy measurement to obtain, but it may not be fully accurate since it does not take body composition into account. 

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