Norman Swan
speaker
15,981 appearances
143 recordings
2 series
first heard Jul 2005
last heard 4d ago
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I actually did miss you, Norman.
Um, and I actually said that to you off air.
So it's on the record and off the record now.
But body mass index, we did a story on that because there was a study that suggested that we should be doing more waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio because BMI is unreliable and it kind of helps to risk stratify people further.
But Marianne has written in saying: Do any of the studies of waist circumference take the well-known waist circumference increase that goes with menopause in?
into account.
I'm 75 and weigh the same now as I did 25 years ago, but I can't wear the same pants or skirts because the waistband won't close.
The belly is just there.
I do resistance training three to four times per week to try to maintain muscle mass.
I think my waist circumference is just at the upper limit of the normal range.
How does this affect my risk?
What's recommended for decreasing visceral fat?
Really good question.
And Oh,
I could go for days on this.
And it's with a lot of things in medicine.
It prob it hasn't been particularly well researched in women.
There's it's generalised to everybody that if you develop
An increased waist circumference.
The risk is considered equal between men and women.
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