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2. 10 Best Exercises To Melt Inches off Your Waist - AOL

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   I designed these 10 exercises to melt waist fat and reveal a slimmer, more defined midsection.Incorporate these 10 waist-melting exercises into your regular fitness routine, and watch as your ...

3. Female body shape - Wikipedia

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   The waist is typically smaller than the bust and hips, unless there is a high proportion of body fat distributed around it. How much the bust or hips inflect inward, towards the waist, determines a woman's structural shape. The hourglass shape is present in only about 8% of women. [30]

4. Is BMI or Body Fat More Important? - AOL

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   BMI vs. Body Fat: What to Focus On. BMI and body fat are linked, but not as closely as you might think. You can have a high BMI, but a healthy body fat percentage — think back to those athletes ...

5. Body roundness index - Wikipedia

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   Other indices of body and fat mass, such as BMI and waist-to-height ratio, have undergone more research evaluation and longitudinal clinical applications than BRI, and may be better predictors of fat distribution (e.g., visceral vs. subcutaneous fat) for estimating health risks. [10] [11]

6. Body shape - Wikipedia

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   Classifications of female body sizes are mainly based on the circumference of the bust–waist–hip , as in 90-60-90 (centimeters) or 36–24–36 (inches) respectively. In this case, the waist–hip ratio is 60/90 or 24/36 = 0.67. Many terms or classifications are used to describe body shape types:

7. Abdominal obesity - Wikipedia

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   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) [1] Waist-stature ratio (waist circumference divided by their height, >0.5 for adults under 40 and >0.6 for adults over 50)

8. Waist-to-height ratio - Wikipedia

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   The waist-to-height ratio (WHtR, [a] or WSR: waist-to-stature ratio) is the waist circumference divided by body height, both measured in the same units. WHtR is a measure of the distribution of body fat. Higher values of WHtR indicate higher risk of obesity-related cardiovascular diseases, which are correlated with abdominal obesity. [1]

9. Thin ideal - Wikipedia

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   The common perception of this ideal is a woman who possesses a slender, feminine physique with a small waist and little body fat. [1] The size that the thin ideal woman should be is decreasing while the rate of female obesity is simultaneously increasing, making this iconic body difficult for women to maintain. [2]