Hip to Waist Ratio

Hello Gang,

Has anyone here heard of the hip to waist ratio? I've read that researchers
are using this as a way to tell if one is fit. Your suppose to measure your
waist and divide it by your hips. So if your waist is 36" and your hips
38", 36/38=.947 with a goal of being .92 or lower being fit.

Just curious.

Hope everyone one is doing well with weighloss and maintenance,

Paul in NRH TX

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:57:50 -0500, "Paul Patterson"
wrote:

Hello Gang,

Has anyone here heard of the hip to waist ratio? I've read that researchers
are using this as a way to tell if one is fit. Your suppose to measure your
waist and divide it by your hips. So if your waist is 36" and your hips
38", 36/38=.947 with a goal of being .92 or lower being fit.

This is a well known issue and has been discussed here quite a few
times in the past. I have always assumed the results for men will be
very different for those for women.

It's supposed to be a good sign if the ratio is larger, but I don't
really see it myself. I started with hips of over 50 and waist of
around 35. This tells me what I already knew - that I carry nearly
all my weight below the waist - which is supposed to be less
dangerous in terms of heart disease, etc. as the fat round the middle
is a different sort of fat. As I lose weight the ratio gets much
smaller. Suppose my waist remained at 35 despite losing elsewhere (it
doesn't, but I guess it could) then the same amount of fat round my
middle would still be there, but I don't see this would become more
"bad" for me if my hips were 40ins than it was when they were 50.
Perhaps I've missed something.

janice

"Paul Patterson" wrote in message
...
Hello Gang,

Has anyone here heard of the hip to waist ratio? I've read that
researchers are using this as a way to tell if one is fit. Your suppose
to measure your waist and divide it by your hips. So if your waist is 36"
and your hips 38", 36/38=.947 with a goal of being .92 or lower being fit.

Surely the ratios will be different for women, there's no way there could
ever be only a 2" difference between waist & hips, if by 'hips' you mean
'the widest point around the buttocks' (as per FitDay's definition), I will
ALWAYS gain more fat in the lower half & lose from the upper half first.

I got a ratio of 0.714, is that good or bad? (you are meant to divide the
smaller number by the larger, aren't you?)

"Paul Patterson" wrote in message
...
Hello Gang,

Has anyone here heard of the hip to waist ratio? I've read that
researchers
are using this as a way to tell if one is fit. Your suppose to measure
your
waist and divide it by your hips. So if your waist is 36" and your hips
38", 36/38=.947 with a goal of being .92 or lower being fit.

Just curious.

Hope everyone one is doing well with weighloss and maintenance,

Paul in NRH TX


the ratio will differ between men and women. There should be different
goals set for men and for women.

For me (female) 26" waist, 36" hips = .72