Waist

inches tall weighing one hundred and eighty five pounds. Waist measurements help to look for possible risk factors that come from being in the overweight category. A person 's waist that is above thirty five inches, for females, and forty inches, for males, greatly increases the risk factors. My waist measurement is thirty inches, the majority of my weight and fat storage is in my hips, this is a good sign because if it was at my waist I would be at a higher risk for heart disease and…

anthropometric measures in 1570 children (782 girls and 788 boys), with a mean age of 12.4 years (Hajna et al. 2012). The researchers found significant inverse association of CFG index with waist-to-height ratio (β −0•001, 95 % CI −0•002 - −0•0004), waist-to-hip ratio (β −0•001, 95 % CI −0•002 - −0•001) and waist girth (β −0•18, 95 % CI −0•30 - −0•07) in girls (Hajna et al. 2012). No significant association was observed in boys.…

muscles at the back along with the biceps portion and to go about with this, you would first need to adjust the cable pulley lower down and then grab the bar attachment. The next step is to move back from the cable pulley and by leaning forward at the waist while bending the knees,…

“Owner’s, however, united behind Max Blanck and Isaac Harris of the Triangle Waist Company. Their aim: do whatever it took to crush the strike.” It was at this point where owners decided to hire “scabs” or gangsters to break up the strike. Scabs may be poor themselves, but strikers saw them as “villains stealing bread from others’…

Height, weight and waist circumference of the client will need to be measured. The Body Mass Index (BMI) is used as a screening tool to find out the risk of getting cardiovascular disease. However, BMI is not applicable for children, elderly, muscular individuals and pregnant or lactating women. Waist circumference is to determine central obesity of the client. Waist to hip ratio is another measure for abdominal obesity. There are several methods…

Benefits of a waist trainer Did you know that by wearing the corset you can strengthen your back and relieve injuries you have incurred in the past? Yes, to wear a corset in this respect is beneficial. It can also prevent others osteoporosis and other diseases, such as arthritis and fibromyalgia. The many advantages of using corsets are what attracts thousands of women of this great invention. The results are instant, as evidenced by a narrower waist from wearing a corset, and it is desirable…

George is a 42-year-old man that works an office job as an accountant. He was a former track star back in the day, but has now succumbed to a sedentary lifestyle. He does not exercise regularly and eats whatever he wants when he pleases. After years of this, he now has a BMI of 31 standing at 5’11’’ and weighing 220lbs. 1. Describe some of George’s health risks associated with this BMI. (200 pts; 100 words minimum) Coronary Heart Disease For people with high body mass index, their risk of…

It is known that physical activity begins to decline in adolescents with increase in weight. Once an individual becomes obese, the energy balance changes. A twin coherent study was conducted. Participants were recruited from a population-based, longitudinal study of five consecutive birth cohorts (1975-1979) of Finnish twins. All of the twins had to answer a questionnaire at age 16,17,18, and again at 22-27. In total there were 1,870 twin pairs. Out of the 658 male twin pairs, 14 of them…

Devendra Singh found that waist-to-hip ratio was the most important factor in women’s attractiveness to men in eighteen cultures she studied (Akst, 302). Historic body images such as ‘“Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe represented two very different images of beauty to filmgoers in the 1950’s”’ (Akst, 302). Studies showed that the favored shape of a women involves waist/hip ratio of about 0.7 (Akst, 302). Both Hepburn and Monroe shared the same body…

The Female Form in Cycladic Sculpture The Cyclades are a group of about thirty small islands located in the southwestern part of the Aegean sea. To the west and north of the island lies mainland Greece and to the east is Turkey. The Cycladic culture which flourished in the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age is best known for its precise and schematic figurines carved from the islands’ marble. The ancient Greeks noticed that they formed a circle around the sacred island of Delos, which contains…