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2. Waist - Wikipedia

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   The waist is the part of the ... classifies the risk of obesity-related diseases as high if men have a waist circumference greater than 102 cm (40 in) and women have ...

3. Android fat distribution - Wikipedia

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   [8] [40] Older men show android fat distributions more often than younger men [41] which may be due to lifestyle changes, or hormonal changes related to age. [42] Older adults have a greater waist-to-hip ratio than young adults which indicates high levels of android fat in older adults.

4. Abdominal obesity - Wikipedia

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   Silhouettes and waist circumferences representing normal, overweight, and obese. There are various ways of measuring abdominal obesity including: Absolute waist circumference (>102 cm (40 in) in men and >88 cm (35 in) in women) [78] Waist–hip ratio (the circumference of the waist divided by that of the hips of >0.9 for men and >0.85 for women ...

5. Classification of obesity - Wikipedia

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   In the United States a waist circumference of >102 cm (≈40") in men and >88 cm (≈34.5") in women [26] or the waist–hip ratio (the circumference of the waist divided by that of the hips) of >0.9 for men and >0.85 for women are used to define central obesity. [27]

6. Waist–hip ratio - Wikipedia

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   e. The waist–hip ratio or waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is the dimensionless ratio of the circumference of the waist to that of the hips. This is calculated as waist measurement divided by hip measurement (W⁄H). For example, a person with a 75 cm waist and 95 cm hips (or a 30-inch waist and 38-inch hips) has WHR of about 0.79.

7. Bust/waist/hip measurements - Wikipedia

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   Bust/waist/hip measurements (informally called 'body measurements' or ′vital statistics′) are a common method of specifying clothing sizes. They match the three inflection points of the female body shape. In human body measurement, these three sizes are the circumferences of the bust, waist and hips; usually rendered as xx–yy–zz in ...