X-Message-Number: 20129 Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:41:33 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Better lose that spare tire and quick! Waist Measurement Reveals Heart Risk By Cathryn Conroy, Netscape News Editor If you dare, measure your waist. The New York Obesity Research Center has determined that your waist circumference is a more accurate measurement than your body mass index (BMI) in determining if you will have a heart attack or stroke. So go on. Get out the tape measure. Here are the magic numbers Men: Those with 35-inch waists should maintain their weight, while those with waists that measure 39 inches or more should lose weight to minimize their risk of heart attack and stroke. Women: Those with 33-inch waists should maintain their weight, while those with waists that measure 37 inches or more should lose weight to minimize their risk of heart attack and stroke. Use this cool tool to calculate your risk of having a heart attack over the next 10 years. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,110227,00.html Reporting in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the researchers came up with these waist measurements by comparing the heart disease risk factors with waist sizes and BMIs in more than 9,000 middle-aged white men and women. Waist sizes more accurately predicted the risk of heart attacks, which confirmed previous studies that have indicated that a lot of fat in the abdominal area increases the risk of heart disease. And lest you doubt the conclusions, the researchers insist that the results apply to almost ALL white adults ages 20 to 90. Research directed specifically to other races should also be conducted, they said. In Hollywood's battle of the bulge, these five diets rule. Do they add up? Here's the skinny! http://people.aol.com/people/special/0,11859,237767,00.html So much for the, "Fat is beautiful--Stop dictating to us a skinny body image as normal--You can be overweight and fit", fat activist position. Of course most people instinctually know the fat activist position is untenable. James -- Cryonics Institute of Michigan Member! The Immortalist Society Member! The Society for Venturism Member! MY WEBSITE: http://www.geocities.com/~davidpascal/swayze/ While there follow the links to photos of me and some of my artwork and a radio interview on Dr. J's ChangeSurfer Radio program with me and the father of cryonics Prof. Robert Ettinger, author of "The Prospect of Immortality". A RELIGION I actually recommend: http://uk.geocities.com/venturist2001/index.html A FAVORITE quote: Last lines of the first Star Trek the Next Generation movie. Capt. Picard: "What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived, after all Number One, we're only mortal." Will Ryker: "Speak for yourself captain, I intend to live forever!" Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20129