Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:50% is pretty generous. Maybe in terms of health but in terms of looks 50% waist to height is gonna look a bit chunky

It is 50% or less

I am 68 inches tall
and 32 waist but even with 34 I don’t look chunky.
The point is belly fat is the worst kind of fat for your health.

You must be a man. A 34 in waist on a woman of any height would look chunky.

I'm not sure of source or validity of this but OP specifically stated this is about health predictors and has literally nothing to do with how attractive or not you find a woman. WTF not everything is about your looks

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:50% is pretty generous. Maybe in terms of health but in terms of looks 50% waist to height is gonna look a bit chunky

It is 50% or less

I am 68 inches tall
and 32 waist but even with 34 I don’t look chunky.
The point is belly fat is the worst kind of fat for your health.

You must be a man. A 34 in waist on a woman of any height would look chunky.

Anonymous wrote:Op, please cite a source. Having even close to a 50% ratio would make you pretty fat

OP here:
Sorry, for not linking But if you google waist to height ratio for men/women
You will get some articles.
Don’t forget You have to Measure your waist around your bellybutton.

Anonymous wrote:Op, please cite a source. Having even close to a 50% ratio would make you pretty fat

For real. I'm 64" tall with 26" inch waist, so 40%, and am still plump around the middle. Not noticeable in clothing, but enough that it's probably impacting my health and needs to go.

Op, please cite a source. Having even close to a 50% ratio would make you pretty fat

Yeah a 5'8" man with. 34" waist would look like a beach ball.

Source? Sounds ridiculous.
I'm never going to have 33" waist - I don't want to and I shouldn't.

Cool, thanks OP. Mine is 0.72 for waist to hip. Waist to height is 0.40. Honestly, 50% for that would be pretty bad ... I’m 64 inches and am female, so having even a 31 inch waist would make me pretty fat.

Anonymous wrote:50% is pretty generous. Maybe in terms of health but in terms of looks 50% waist to height is gonna look a bit chunky

It is 50% or less

I am 68 inches tall
and 32 waist but even with 34 I don’t look chunky.
The point is belly fat is the worst kind of fat for your health.

50% is pretty generous. Maybe in terms of health but in terms of looks 50% waist to height is gonna look a bit chunky

Waist to height, never heard that. Interesting.

I 6'0 man with a 36 inch waist is probably pretty tubby.

(Cue all the "I'm built like a linebacker" responses, but those men are in their 20s or younger and work out all the time).

I never heard of waist to height ratio as a thing! thanks for sharing. Will go look it up.

Anonymous wrote:Is a better predictor than BMI for health.
Your waist in inches should be 50% or less than your height in inches.

waist to hip ratio is good too

https://www.healthline.com/health/waist-to-hip-ratio#calculate

Under .85 for women and under 1.0 for me

Is a better predictor than BMI for health.
Your waist in inches should be 50% or less than your height in inches.