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Waist, not weight, key to long life


Putting on the pounds around stomach is short cut to a premature
death


By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
Thursday, 13 November 2008
People with a large waist had twice the risk of dying prematurely
compared with people who had slender waists
The size of your waist is a more important determinant of health than
your weight, doctors have found.

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The problem is greatest among men. The typical British male has an
apple shape, his stomach bulging over his trousers, whereas women
tend
to the traditional pear shape as they age with weight accumulating on
hips and legs.

A pear shape is healthier than an apple shape but women's waists are
growing, turning them from pears to apples,


John Kane Kingston ON Canada