In terms of heart disease risk, it’s a matter of inches, the scientists suggest.
There must be a better way to assess risk for disease.
The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellencerecently recommendedthat waist-to-height ratio should replace the BMI.
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“Keep your waist circumference to less than half your height,” they advise residents.
And it’s also worth noting that they only studied individuals who already had been diagnosed with heart failure.
Does this hold true among those who are diagnosis-free?
How about people of different backgrounds; geographically, socioeconomically or otherwise?
Much more research is required about how we might eventually be able to predict future disease risk.
Time and time again, these detailsrather than a certain numberprove to be the features of truly healthy life.
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