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rykarin | 06:21 Wed 09th Nov 2005 | People & Places
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what waist measurement is thought to increase person risk of getting heart attack?
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There was an item on this in the BBC news last week (may still be on the website). You measure hips then waist, then divide waist by hips (eg 28inch waist divided by 37 inch hips = 0.75. For women the result should be under 0.8 and for men 0.9: above this you are supposed to be at risk.
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