Problem measuring waist to hip or height and from where?

In the last 48 hours, because of the death of Tim Russert, I have
watched or read news stories about the importance of hip to waist, or
waist to height ratios.

So, which one is it? Hip or height? Both. the best reading?

Secondly, I have seen and read reports that the waist is measured 1)
at its smallest point, just above the belly button in many people 2)
at the belly button and 3) just above the hip bone which is just below
the belly button. Um, so which is it?

And thank you news media for being so consistent in the information
you disseminate, jeeze.

<nonfiction.notes@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ffc39598-437b-45d0-9e14-fa5d03280b0e@y22g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> In the last 48 hours, because of the death of Tim Russert, I have
> watched or read news stories about the importance of hip to waist, or
> waist to height ratios.
>
> So, which one is it? Hip or height? Both. the best reading?
>
> Secondly, I have seen and read reports that the waist is measured 1)
> at its smallest point, just above the belly button in many people 2)
> at the belly button and 3) just above the hip bone which is just below
> the belly button. Um, so which is it?
>
> And thank you news media for being so consistent in the information
> you disseminate, jeeze.

These measurement ratios are often wildly inappropriate for those who
lift weights. This is a weight-lifting newsgroup; you would do better
to ask elsewhere, IMHO. Although I happen to be "liked" by these
formulas because I've chosen to remain small, there are some in this
newsgroup who the formulas would pronounce unfit when, in fact, they are
quite fit, certainly as fit or more fit than me.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com