[megwini]

What is the waist to hip ratio of some of you maintainers?
I've still got a pretty unhealthy one... 33" waist, 39" hips (.85). Apparently .85 puts you at high risk for diseases... I love how I'm thin now and still at "high risk for diseases." I'm really thin too! According to sizing charts my waist is a size 16 and my hips are a size 10... but pants always seem to correspond to my hips, so I wear a size 10.
What about you guys? Anyone else here got a terrible waist to hip ratio like me?

[paperclippy]

I think usually with the waist to hip ratio they are looking for how much abdominal fat you have. If you are thin, but you just have a more rectangular figure, I don't think that necessarily means you have more abdominal fat. I always got the impression that it was used more like, if you are overweight, AND your WTH ratio is bad, then you are more likely to have diseases.

I don't remember my measurements off the top of my head but I'll look them up when I get home.

[Mel]

I think Jessica is absolutely correct. I'm not sure what mine is, but it's probably pretty high also.

OK, I just measured and calculated: it is .8 which is the very highest of the low risk category. My shape is rectangular and my body fat is low- I have visible abs with a lot of quad and shoulder definition.

What I don't have is a waist! I can't wear pants that hit at the waist because then they are HUGE in the butt and hips.

No matter what the charts say, they are based on a statistical sampling of the population, and within any category there are going to be individuals who fall at either end of the bell curve.

Mel

[redlight]

My waist is 27.5 and hips 36.5 (about 0.75-0.76).

Where are you measuring your waist? You should waist at the smallest part (a couple inches above the navel).

[Meg]

Where we measure has a lot to do with the numbers. I measure at the smallest part of my waist and biggest part of my butt because it's easiest, but I'm not sure if that's the correct way. I also was wondering where you're measuring?

At my heaviest, my waist was 39 inches and my hips were 57 inches, giving me a very healthy waist to hip ratio of .68. But seriously, it wasn't healthy at all! All it meant was that I had a very unhealthy amount of fat stored in my belly, but an even more enormous amount of fat on my hips. I don't think having a lot of hip/butt fat cancels out the dangers of belly fat.

It's probably more useful to look at overall waist measurement and I think it's supposed to be under 32 inches for a woman (and 35 for a man) but I've seen a lot of different numbers.

For what it's worth, my waist to hip measurement is now .75, so it looks like I've become more unhealthy as I've lost weight, if we go by ratios.

[KforKitty]

Another measurement of 'healthy' waist size is that you waist should be half your height (or less). This measurement at least takes account of the large variations in height, so the OP at 70" tall would be considered healthy with a waist measurement of 33".

Kitty