Your waistline is a bigger sign of your overall health more than weight or BMI.
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00:06 Your waistline may have more to say about your overall health
00:09 than your body mass index or your weight.
00:12 So don't be surprised at your next checkup if the nurse whips
00:15 out a tape measure and wraps it around your waistline.
00:18 According to the American Heart Association,
00:21 measuring waist circumference should go hand in hand
00:24 with stepping on a scale as part of any health assessment.
00:28 That's because research is showing a protruding tummy may be
00:31 the sign of what's called visceral adipose tissue or VAT,
00:36 a dangerous form of fat that wraps itself
00:39 around organs deeply inside your body.
00:42 Unlike the fat just under your skin,
00:44 visceral fat raises your risk of heart disease,
00:47 type 2 diabetes, stroke, and high cholesterol.
00:50 Non-pregnant women with a waist size greater than 35 inches
00:54 and men with waist larger than 40 inches are at higher risk,
00:58 according to the U.S. Centers
01:00 for Disease Control and Prevention.
01:02 The most beneficial physical activity
01:04 to reduce abdominal obesity is aerobic exercise.
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