Overweight or Obesity is associated with an increased incidence of chronic diseases. This health risk is link to the location of the excess body fat. Abdominal obesity which is the accumalation of body fat in the abdomen is a major clinical and public health issue.
Abdominal obesity poses a far greater health risk than those stored in your hips and thighs. This is the most visible warning to development of high blood pressure, diabetes & high level of cholesterol in the blood, which are the major risk factor leading to coronary heart disease & store.
Waist circmference is the simple marker to measure accumulation of body fat in the abdomen.
According to Asia Pacific Guidelines, waist circumference measurement should be...
female < 31.5" (80cm)
male < 35.5" (90cm)
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