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Waist Measurement Vs. BMI

...you are at normal weight, overweight or obese.
Classifications for BMI

...derweight, normal weight, overweight or obese categories. BMI does not account for or differentiate between fat mass and fat-free mass, or lean body mass. Plainly, a person who has a lean, muscu...
How to Measure Belly Fat

...health. Having too much belly fat and a waistline that exceeds 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women places you on a fast track for heart disease and diabetes. Getting a handle on how large ...
How Is Body Mass Calculated?

... Americans are considered overweight or obese. Even children are at risk, with an estimated 16 percent of children considered obese. With the word "obesity" being thrown around so often in today...
Causes of Belly Fat

...le who have large amounts of fat in the waist area are at a greater risk of heart disease, stroke and certain types of cancer. It seems that fat around the middle is an inevitable fact of getti...
How to Lose Weight in Months

... of us who find ourselves overweight or obese didn't put on the weight overnight and shouldn't expect to take it off overnight either. Aiming for a steady one to two pound a week drop in weight ...
The Best Exercise for a Man to Lose Stomach Fat

... focus on losing stomach fat. Increased waist circumference is correlated to high rates of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. Although, it is nice to have "washb...
What Is Your Ideal Weight?

...ic weight based on your age, sex, frame size, genes and the state of your health. An acceptable range of weights has been established that takes all of these factors into consideration. There c...
How to Determine Your Ideal Weight

...of adults in the U.S. are overweight or obese, according to Medline Plus, an information service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Maintaining a healthy weight helps keep your cholester...
5 Things You Need to Know About Body Mass Index

...prised to learn that they are, in fact, obese according to government guidelines.
How to Measure a Waistline

...d 40 inches (if you're a man) indicates obesity.
Belly Reduction Methods

...r, "if you carry fat mainly around your waist, you are more likely to develop obesity-related health problems." To lower the risks presented by extra fat in the midsection, the Mayo Clinic recom...
Facts on Losing Belly Fat

Even if you are of normal weight, you might have too much belly fat. Belly fat is an indicator of the presence of visceral fat that lays deep inside your body and encases your internal organs. Acco...
Nutrition to Lose Belly Fat

Belly fat is some of the most insidious fat in the human body. Along with being unsightly, it indicates that you are at risk for many chronic conditions, including heart disease and type 2 diabete...
How to Get Rid of Male Belly Fat

...se and some types of cancer. Men with a waist size larger than 40 inches should take immediate measures to decrease visceral fat at the belly.
Dietary Changes to Get Rid of Belly Fat

...re particularly critical for men with a waist size of more than 40 inches and for women with a waist of more than 35 inches. Exercise, paired with a low-calorie diet that includes specific type...
What Is Metabolic Syndrome?

..., and central obesity (fat around your waist).
How Is Your Body Mass Index Calculated?

...used measure of weight problems such as obesity because of the simplicity of measurement and calculation. This provides medical and fitness professionals with a simplified means to discuss weig...
French Diet Secrets

...iet secrets can have you whittling your waist back down to size while you eat better and say goodbye to restrictive fad diets.
Food to Avoid for Weight Loss

Unhealthy weight gain is generally the result of eating more calories than the amount you burn. However, certain foods are more likely to promote weight gain than others. If your doctor has approve...
Importance of Body Mass Index

...to classify underweight, overweight and obesity in adults. BMI is a useful tool and for most individuals is an accurate way to classify weight, but it should be used along with other measurement...
About Diabetes & Low Cholesterol Diets

If you're one of the 23.6 million adults over the age of 20 who have been diagnosed with diabetes, you obviously have a lot on your mind. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digesti...
How Can I Flatten My Tummy?

...art Association warns that women with a waist size greater than 35 inches, and men with one over 40 inches, should take action to decrease belly fat. Flatten your tummy by combining smart diet c...
The Best Way to Lose Your Belly

...age, especially if you are a man with a waist size over 40 inches or a woman with one over 35 inches.
How to Lose Weight Quickly & Healthily

It can be easy to lose weight by taking dangerous diet pills, which can not only hurt the body but also cause whatever weight was lost to be regained once the pills are stopped. To really lose weig...
Calcified Uterine Fibroid Symptoms

...ed--including African-American descent, obesity, nulliparity (never pregnant) and early oral contraceptive use.
5 Things You Need to Know About Calories in Beer

It seems there are endless varieties of beers on the market--domestic or imported, dark or pale, ale or lager. What do all but a few have in common? They contain some percentage of alcohol, rangin...
DHEA for Muscle Growth

DHEA supplements are marketed as a way to gain muscle for athletes, but questions on whether this works well for this purpose still exist. Side effects from DHEA use also can make this supplement p...

..Am I truly Obese....?
- Posted On March 18, 2009 10:21:49 PM
  ...is very very high. Again, I don't feel obese, just overweight. With that, what would folks suggest for a program..? About this time last year, I dropped down to about 200 for about 5 months... Read More
- Posted On March 19, 2009 08:06:49 AM
  ...(I'm 5'10), and I never felt like I was obese. An extra 50 pounds on someone our height just sits differently than 50 pounds on someone 5'3". I didn't really focus on a 'program' to lose... Read More
So you think your obese
...ns are overweight and half of those are obese. These numbers are based strictly off the BMI, and the group of overweight Americans is likely to be much lower. But before we all breathe a sig...
- Posted On March 6, 2008 11:05:52 AM
  yeah... im still fat. ROFL. but it did tell me im pear shaped which i never thought about before. Read More
- Posted On March 6, 2008 07:05:11 PM
  This is where I get confused. I carry my weight way differently than most women. I'm thick evenly through my whole body, but I have no hips & surely no butt. It's hell finding jeans, lemme tell ya. Read More
BMI V waist to hip
...ns are overweight and half of those are obese. These numbers are based strictly off the BMI, and the group of overweight Americans is likely to be much lower. But before we all breathe a sig...
- Posted On March 6, 2008 12:17:12 PM
  Wow, you are a pillar of info these days wilson! I'm sending this one out to everyone again! OMG, I've been coasting off the BMI too - I'm afraid to find out the truth. Crap! WTHR, huh? Great..... Read More
- Posted On March 10, 2008 04:47:47 PM
  The BMI is a weird mystery to me still, but your idea seems simple...never the less, I think I usually know when I need to take charge and do more than eat...it's the talking myself into it that st... Read More
Obese
- Posted On August 11, 2008 08:57:39 AM
  ...e a lot of muscle you are probably not obese. The BMI is a decent guideline, but I don't think so for very muscular people. Read More
- Posted On August 11, 2008 09:02:46 AM
  ...the muscular/fit people were supposedly obese. Read More
Woot I'm severely overweight
- Posted On July 21, 2007 07:56:44 AM
  ...!!!! My BMI made it below 30! I'm not obese anymore! Read More
- Posted On July 21, 2007 10:34:32 AM
  ... 33%. The BMI charts said 36.3. I was obese. I never felt like I was obese! I wanna get it done again, just to see. The BMI chart says I am at 26.6 now, but I think that there is no way in ... Read More
Illustrated BMI Categories
- Posted On February 7, 2008 04:02:08 PM
  ... (I think height/weight charts by frame size are more accurate if you're looking for a "healthy" weight range) but what one person looks like at a BMI could be completely different than another ... Read More
- Posted On February 7, 2008 04:19:02 PM
  ...er wether she is under, over or Moridly Obese..... That is a joke! Read More
"Curvy"
- Posted On April 12, 2008 06:32:55 PM
  ...ans. All I know is though, I'm the same size or smaller than my friends, I still look like I'm 30, not 15, lol. Hate it, love it, don't understand it? Read More
- Posted On April 12, 2008 08:27:53 PM
  ...ve also been CURVY. It means that your waist is smaller than your hips, and your bust. This is why its called an hour-glass figure. Consider yourself lucky!! Read More
Getting Frustrated...
- Posted On February 9, 2009 10:59:56 AM
  ...changing... I just bought new jeans one size smaller. Why is the scale not reflecting this? I am not discouraged to the point that I will stop, just extremely frustrated. I have a cruise co... Read More
- Posted On February 9, 2009 11:39:36 AM
  ...changing... I just bought new jeans one size smaller. Why is the scale not reflecting this? I am not discouraged to the point that I will stop, just extremely frustrated. This is more valuab... Read More
How Do you feel about Fitness Calculators?
- Posted On August 6, 2008 08:48:17 AM
  ...results I'm always on the borderline of Obesity How do you feel about using them, and what are some tips to get more accurate measurements (next time I'm getting them done at the doctors of... Read More
- Posted On August 6, 2008 09:04:01 AM
  i love how i'm obese on them even though i'm never above 10% bf mostly just means you have more muscle than the average, which you look like you do so don't sweat it Read More
BMI and Body Fat Scales
- Posted On December 12, 2007 07:49:38 AM
  ...or everyone. Maybe you could take your waist measurement into consideration. High levels of fat in the abdominal region are associated with increased risks of diabetes, high blood pressure and ... Read More
- Posted On December 12, 2007 01:04:31 PM
  ... I hate the BMI. According to that, I'm obese. According to my body fat %, I am normal (just on the heavier end of normal). Anyway, I also have a Tanita and loooove it. It's not accurate, b... Read More
Whats the deal with BMI???
- Posted On May 8, 2008 12:53:47 PM
  ...is puts me at 29.75 which is borderline Obese. I know I may be chunkier than most my height, but then again I know most of my weight does come from muscle mass since I used to hit the weights pr... Read More
- Posted On May 8, 2008 01:11:44 PM
  ...sition. This guy would be considered obese (if not morbidly obese): http://whatthehellis.files.wordpress.co ... ger227.jpg Bodyfat percentage is what matters. Read More
Chubbies-
...d the following measurements. bust 30.5 waist 23 hips 32.5. I currently wear a size 10 but in the 50's I would have been wearing a 16/18.Is this the way the industry dealt with our expanding gir...
- Posted On July 20, 2007 12:19:03 PM
  ...y until my late 30's never went above a size 10 even after I gave birth. Read More
- Posted On July 20, 2007 12:53:49 PM
  glob...I was a size 10 2 years ago and that is also when I stopped smoking! Dad was diagnosed with lung cancer and that made me give up the sticks Read More
Being thin vs. Being Healthy

...and blood sugar. Almost one-third of obese adults, or nearly 20 million people, also were in this healthy range, meaning that none or only one of those measures was abnormal. Yet about a f...
Being thin vs. being healthy
...and blood sugar. Almost one-third of obese adults, or nearly 20 million people, also were in this healthy range, meaning that none or only one of those measures was abnormal. Yet about a f...
- Posted On August 12, 2008 11:23:43 AM
  thank you for posting this.. i may forward it on to my mom (who is thin but thinks when i gain a lb that i'm gonna keel over... *sigh*). i know a lot of people will like to know this! ~pamela Read More
- Posted On August 12, 2008 09:16:06 PM
  Ah-Ha!! My doctor always seemed surprised that by BP and cholesterol numbers were normal, even though I was way overweight. (Heck, I still am...) Before I get too big headed, I s'pose I shou... Read More
Celebration
I am no longer obese according to the BMI, just overweight. That feels sooooooo good. Down 34.
- Posted On March 17, 2008 07:45:29 AM
  ...th week now and I'm down 11 lbs and one waist size. Feels good doesn't it! Read More
- Posted On March 17, 2008 06:44:30 AM
  Now, THAT is great news! Thank you for sharing! You go girl! Read More
BMI....
...at 167 (the weight i started at) i was "obese" and now at 161 i am "overweight" so i checked out what i would be at 140 and it says i will still be "overweight" at 140.... but on wedding day i w...
- Posted On January 13, 2008 05:34:34 PM
  ... pounds I was boobs and ass with a tiny waist. Go figure. Read More
- Posted On January 14, 2008 08:02:43 AM
  ...weigh more than people who are the same size as me. Read More
I AM PUMPED AND EXCITED !!!! -6lbs :-)
... is 29% and I just dropped from severly obese to just obese on that stupid inaccurate bmi :-) Also I am just 2 pounds away from my personal 2nd goal 275
- Posted On March 16, 2009 12:28:50 PM
  ...ble to turn in your pants for a smaller size. That is a great accomplishment! Read More
- Posted On March 16, 2009 09:37:20 PM
  ...tly pics at me for wearing my old 52's (waist is really 40/42 now)with a belt as they are reaaaly baggy. Sounds like we have had similar starts and results. Keep it up. Read More
quick questions
...t the lowest caloric intake for my body size to be safe using a 1.5 lb. loss... (1% for me is 1.8 lbs so it's fair) Then I track anything that makes me sweat... For instance I didn't go to th...
- Posted On September 10, 2008 10:53:02 AM
  ...urate. As an example, I am listed as Obese because I am 5' 8" tall and weight 215 lbs. What BMI fails to notice is that I am about 12% bf, with a 50" chest and a 34" waist. Obese... ri... Read More
- Posted On September 10, 2008 11:04:33 AM
  ... Does my use of the calories and excersize make sense/a good idea? or am I fooling myself? Read More
Newbie
...hose who are 5'4 and 170 is considered "obese" however I am trying not to focus on the actually weight as much as how fit I feel and I want to be down to a size 8/10 which would be fantastic for...
- Posted On February 18, 2008 08:32:20 PM
  ...150-160. When I'm that 'small' I'm in a size 10. But at a 10 I think I look healthy and thin, so why push it?? Welcome! Read More
- Posted On February 19, 2008 06:57:17 AM
  ..." Whatever! One has to keep in mind the size of your frame, height and what's a healthy weight for you. You're running your own race, take it one day at a time! Read More
Does BMI really mean anything
- Posted On January 29, 2009 05:42:37 PM
  ...uscular can be considered overweight or obese, so it does skew the accuracy. Read More
- Posted On January 29, 2009 06:07:07 PM
  ... High BMI and a Small waist? Can you be obese and have a small waist size? By Martica Heaner, M.A., M.Ed., for MSN Health & Fitness If your BMI classifies you as either “overweight” o... Read More