The most common way to assess weight health is the Body Mass
Index (BMI) The use of the chart is fairly simple, you run a
horizontal line at your height and a vertical line at your
weight; the zone where the intersection point point of these two
lines lies on the chart the chart is either - Extremely Obese
Good starting point, but how much of the health story does the
BMI chart tell? The US Government’s NIDDK: “Understanding Adult
Obesity ” is very clear and well done. Quoting : “…Health care
professionals are concerned not only with how much fat a person
has, but also where the fat is located on the body….Women with a
waist measurement of more than 35 inches and men with a waist
measurement of more than 40 inches may have more health risks
than people with lower waist measurements because of their body
fat distribution….” Typical of the efforts to quantify obesity
and it’s risks are researchers creating new index tool for
example “Waist-to-Height Ratio, a Useful Index to Identify High
Metabolic Risk in Overw