Greg
2t5b
Hip to waist ratio seems to be more reliable than BMI regards T2 diabetes and other diseases:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/waist-to-hip-ratio-calculator.html
"Waist Size Matters"
"How Abdominal Fat Increases Disease Risk
More than 60 years ago, the French physician Jean Vague observed that people with larger waists had a higher risk of premature cardiovascular disease and death than people who had trimmer waists or carried more of their weight around their hips and thighs. (1) Decades later, long-term follow-up studies showed that so-called “abdominal obesity” was strongly associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death, even after controlling for body mass index (BMI)."
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-definition/abdominal-obesity/
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/waist-to-hip-ratio-calculator.html
"Waist Size Matters"
"How Abdominal Fat Increases Disease Risk
More than 60 years ago, the French physician Jean Vague observed that people with larger waists had a higher risk of premature cardiovascular disease and death than people who had trimmer waists or carried more of their weight around their hips and thighs. (1) Decades later, long-term follow-up studies showed that so-called “abdominal obesity” was strongly associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death, even after controlling for body mass index (BMI)."
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-definition/abdominal-obesity/