FYI
- Watch Your Waistline
- It will help you stay healthy
(HealthDayNews) -- You may have heard that a high body mass index raises your risks of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. But research has shown that other body measurements -- like your waistline -- can also affect disease risk, the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation says.
So take your tape measure, stand with your feet together, and measure midway between the bottom of your ribs and the top of your hipbones.
Here's what the numbers show:
-- Felicity Stone
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