Waist and hips best heart attack checks for obese
4th Nov 2005, 11:34 GMT
By Paul Majendie LONDON (Reuters) - Measuring the ratio between waist and hip sizes is the best way of checking for the risk of heart attack in the obese, a global study showed on Friday. After studying over 27,000 people in 52 countries, researchers said the waist-to-hip ratio was a far more effective way of measuring heart attack risk than the traditional body mass index (BMI) method. "Substantial reassessment is needed of the importance of obesity for cardiovascular disease in most regions of the world," said Professor Salim Yusuf, from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. Obesity already affects more than 300 million people worldwide. Currently it is calculated with the BMI -- dividing weight in kilograms by height in meters squared.
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