Does the size of your waist increases your diabetes and heart attack risk?
Waist circumference is a simple check, but it is an accurate way to determine if you are carrying excess fat in the body around the middle.
The section of the body that stores most fat is an essential sign about the risk of developing ongoing health problems due to diabetes and heart attack. Excess body fat around the middle causes more health risk that when the weight is the hips and thighs.
Most adults regardless of their height or build can determine the level of internal fat deposits that coat the internal organs is excessive their waist measurement exceeds 94 centimeters for the men and 80 centimeters for women. The fat in the middle shows that most of the fat deposits are in heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas and digestive organs. Fast deposits on these organs increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.