Waist to Hip Ratio Better Predicts Heart Disease, Better Than BMI

The Journal of the American College of Cardiology is set to publish a study that show you waist to hip ratio may predict your risk of heart disease and other cardiovascular condistions better than other indicators.

Dr. James de Lemos, the senior author of the study, said: “Our study shows that people who develop fat around the middle have more atherosclerotic plaque than those who have smaller waist-to-hip ratios. The risk was the same for both men and women who develop abdominal fat.”

So if you have a higher waist to hip ratio then you have a higher risk of heart disease. This could affect how much health insurance one might have to pay.

The Body Mass Index, BMI, was previously used to predict heart disease but now it seems waist to hip ratio is a more accurate measure. Heart disease is one of the biggest health concerns along with cancer and obesity.

Do you think the waist to hip ratio is a better way of predicting heart disease?

Or should we stick to using BMI and not the waist to hip ratio?

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