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Your health is at risk if your waist size is:
Men: | Over 94cm (about 37 inches)* |
Women: | Over 80cm (about 31.5 inches)* |
Waist circumference is less accurate in some situations, including pregnancy, medical conditions where there is distension of the abdomen, and for certain groups such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, South Asian, Chinese and Japanese adults. Waist measurements should only be used for adults to check their risk of developing a chronic disease.
There is no single cause for any one heart condition, but there are risk factors that increase your chance of developing one.
Achieving a healthy body weight is one of the best things you can do to improve your heart health and wellbeing. While there’s a lot of information out there about weight and weight loss, this can actually make harder to know what a healthy weight is and how to achieve it.
Poor diet is one of the leading risk factors for heart disease in Australia.
Last updated29 January 2024