Body shape as an indicator of your health

Do you want to determine the type of your own shape? Stand in front of a mirror, look at your reflection and try to compare it with the shape of a pear, an apple, an hourglass or a column. For men, by the way, the body structure is compared only with an apple, a column or an hourglass. For reference: the shape of the "apple" implies a wide waist and narrow hips, "pear" - a narrow waist and wide hips. If the body is straight without visible bends, with a heavier upper part, this is a "column", and the shape of the "hourglass" and it is not necessary to decipher, it is clear here.

It turns out that the type of figure predetermines, to some extent, the duration of life, in particular, women with a pear-shaped figure can expect to live for ten years longer than ladies with an apple-shaped body. Fat, "podkoplenny" on the stomach, causes a shorter life expectancy. Men with a beer belly are pondering ... According to the statistics of observations, they are given to live seventeen years less than slender and lean ones. Abdominal fat not only forces fat people to buy clothes of a larger size, it is also the main culprit of increased pressure, heart disease, diabetes and the mass of accompanying them. Surrounding, or rather, enveloping internal organs, fat in the direct sense of the word "does not let them breathe out," prevents them from functioning normally. Suffice it to recall the notorious shortness of breath in people with excess weight and stomach, hanging over the belt on their trousers.

Let's move from abstract "pears" and "apples" to real personalities. American movie stars 37-year-old Keith Winslet and 38-year-old Christina Hendricks, who have a pear-shaped figure with a thin waist and rounded lower body shapes, feel great. According to studies in the United States and the United Kingdom, women, who by the age of thirty had grown fat on the waist, were a typical "apple", no longer competitively in their life-span for their pear-shaped peers. Their life hours will cease to tick for nine to ten years before women who follow their figure. With men, nature is even stricter: those who, at thirty years old, carry a huge "workmanship" will die seventeen years earlier than macho with an abdominal press in the form of a washboard.

Head of the study, Dr. Ashwell, who previously worked at the government level, said that it kills not only the fat, but the very weakness of the abdominal muscles, which causes the internal organs to work on the skin. It is difficult to achieve ideal proportions of one's own figure in the hectic life. But correct them realistically, which will support the body in the right tone. For this, it is not enough to know your weight, although definitely, excess weight is bad for health. A more objective characteristic for assessing the degree of obesity (weight loss) is the body mass index or BMI, which is calculated by a mathematical formula based on the ratio of the person's weight and his height. But this figure does not distinguish between fat and muscle tissue, and then some athletes, athletes whose health and beauty figures will envy, will be classified as fat-burning.

Dr. Ashwell insists on comparing waist sizes with height. In her opinion, the waist length measured along the circumference of the waist should not exceed half the height of the person's height. That is, a woman of 164 cm in height should try to keep her waist in the range of 82 cm, and with an increase of 175 cm - it is possible and 87.5 m. A little bust, and the "pear-shaped" lady will turn into an "apple" - with all the ensuing consequences ...

Mrs. Ashwell had the opportunity to analyze data on three thousand women and men across the UK over twenty years, which gave her the authority to authoritatively assert the superiority of the comparison of waist and height compared to BMI when predicting the possible lifespan of a person. His dignity is that by comparing the size and height, we know the size of the fat layer on the abdomen, and since these are "bad" fats, we can assess how troubling things are. It was during these experiments that confirmation was obtained that the bulging belly had a significant impact on human life. Hence the summary of the recommendation: the waist circumference of the waist circumference is not more than half the size of the growth.