Where do you store your FAT?
Are you an Apple, Pear or an Avocado?
Do you know the Waist and Hip Ratio Health Risks?
Calculate your RISK below!!!
Many people worries about how heavy they are and the number they see on the scale, but the number on the scale does not tell you everything because you don’t know what is water, fat nor muscle (come to my clinic and I can measure you and tell the difference) and being skinny = no health sometimes, as someone who might look thin can have a high visceral fat (non-visible to the naked eyes) and suffer from similar problems as someone with high BMI. Someone skinny can still be high in fat and very low in muscle mass.
Now, have you ever notice how some people can have big bellies but lean legs? How some people tend to store most of their fat in their thighs, other on the hips, and butt? These are examples of fat distribution, which refers to where your body typically stores the fat, NO MATTER what your weight is!
This is important because where you store fat can be a predictor of health risk. Although BMI does not work for everyone over weight (BMI over 25) is only one health risk factor. Where fat is stored on your body is another.
If you have fat stored around
your waist as opposed to those who have
excess fat in their hips and thighs,
you have a
HIGHER RISK
of health problems even if
your BMI is normal.
Waist measurement may be the best way to determine your progress, and it can take the emphasis off the number you see on the scale.
The waist-to-hip ratio is a common measure of fat distribution. Your ratio can help you track your weight loss progress, while also serving as a warning about your estimated health risk for problems related to being overweight, such as:
✅ Diabetes
✅ Stroke
✅ Heart Disease
In fact, a study reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that for some age groups, the waist-to-hip ratio is a better indicator of increased mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), which compares your height to your weight. By the way, BMI does not work for everyone, imagine a bodybuilder and the muscle vs fat ration!!! His/her weight vs height wouldn’t go together…
HOW TO MEASURE!
~ Step 1️⃣ – To measure your waist:
Place a tape measure around your bare abdomen at your natural waist (usually just above your belly button). Be sure the tape fits snugly but does not compress your skin. Place the tape parallel to the floor. Then relax, exhale and measure your waist.
~ Step 2️⃣ – To measure your hips:
Place a tape measure around the widest part of your buttocks.
~ Step 3️⃣ – Divide the calculation from step 1 by the calculation from step 2 or calculate it below
