Researchers say that a quick check around the waist with a tape measure may be a better way of telling, if anybody is at risk of heart disease, than stepping on a scale.
People with larger waistlines (even if they are not overweight), are more likely to show the early signs of heart disease, than those with smaller waists.
Quote on waist line significance: “Inches are as important as pounds or kilograms (of bodyweight)”.
The team of researchers used the methods like,
-Magnetic resonance imaging
-Electron beam computed tomography scans
Several studies showed that-waist size is clearly linked with
-Heart attack
-Stroke
-Heart disease risk.
Government of America gave the following guidelines:
-Men should aim to have waist of 40 inches (102cm) or less, in circumference,
-Women should have 35 inches (89cm) waist line.
The researchers found no absolute cut-off but found that “the smaller the person’s waist, the clearer his or her arteries were observed to be.”
-High cholesterol level, High blood pressure, Lack of exercise, etc, are other known risk factors for the chances of having early artery clogging.
Weight alone does not do early artery clogging, but waist size does have much effect on artery clogging leading to heart ailments.
So the golden word is: “the longer the waist line –the shorter the life line.”
