37 points by bikenaga 17 hours ago | 7 comments

Graziano_M
No way, a measure of fat around your midsection is a better predictor than height and weight, not accounting at all for composition?
bikenaga
Original article: "Waist-to-height ratio and coronary artery calcium incidence: the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)" - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-19...
BobbyTables2
I’ve gained about 15 lbs from my younger days and lost 2” from the waist. Stomach sticks out now, didn’t back then.
So - progress ?!?!
Almost seems saying “floor breaking when stepped on strongly correlated with arterial blockage.”
tekla
If you're at the point where waist to height ratio vs BMI is something you debate about, you're already too fat
- m463
  the lancet article is hard to just read and says it is a better predictor.
  I imagine there are people who think they are ok, who are not, but I can't tell if it goes the other way.
BugsJustFindMe
They should use skeletal length instead of height to account for spine curvature disorders.
- _aavaa_
  They should account for the difference between the two to control for comorbidities.