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Samurai_Jerk wrote:So, if you're tall and stocky are you supposed to have the same waistline as someone who's short and small boned?
Kanchou wrote:I'd to tell them to f8ck off, and that my waist size is between me and my tailor (that I don't have).
maraboutslim wrote:And I suspect they'd reply that in Japan it's actually between the fatty and all the people paying for his/her statistically higher costing healthcare. In other words, since everyone pays, it's everyone's business.
maraboutslim wrote:And I suspect they'd reply that in Japan it's actually between the fatty and all the people paying for his/her statistically higher costing healthcare. In other words, since everyone pays, it's everyone's business.
DrP wrote:First off I despise the way Japanese take a word completely out of context, wack it, then enter it into their lexicon. No wonder their English skills overall basically suck.
Secondly, while I agree that it's generally a good idea to keep one's fat ratio on the lower side, they'd be far better off focusing on the real health issues in Japan which are MENTAL HEALTH. At least I'd have a far better chance of making it to work consistently on time rather than waiting for the near weekly Chuo clean ups.
I'd also suspect that their alcohol and tobacco use weighs in far heavier on the public health system troubles scale than obesity related disease.
Abdominal circumference does not serve as a measurement of a person's risk of suffering heart attack or stroke, according to a health ministry survey, the Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The ministry's latest survey discredits the basis of ministry's current numerical standards for judging whether a person has metabolic syndrome, that is, a man whose abdominal circumference exceeds 85 centimeters and a woman whose girth exceeds 90 centimeters. In addition to abdominal girth considerations, a person currently is diagnosed as having metabolic syndrome--and offered pertinent advice--when he or she registers two or more abnormal readings in the three areas of blood pressure, blood sugar and blood fat. However, these criteria have been criticized for being stricter for men and laxer for women when compared with other developed countries. The research group, led by Tokyo University Prof. Takashi Kadowaki, surveyed the connection between abdominal girth and heart attack and stroke in about 31,000 people aged between 40 and 74 at 12 locations across the nation.
The group found that a person's risk of developing such symptoms does not suddenly increase when a certain round-the-belly measurement is exceeded. However, it was proven that an oversize waistline brings with it a higher risk of certain ailments. The currently used criteria are based on data gathered from small-scale research projects undertaken by academic groups or other entities. Until now, it was assumed that a person's likelihood of suffering certain health problems sharply increased when their accumulated visceral fat stretched the tape measure past a preordained point. Last year, the research group found that abdominal girths greater than 85 centimeters and 80 centimeters for men and women, respectively, correlated to rises in blood sugar, blood fat and other factors. However, the latest research shows that the measurements currently used do not properly indicate the connection between abdominal girth measurements and a sharp increase in the risk of developing certain illnesses.
Other countries do not necessarily take abdominal girth measurements into account when checking for metabolic syndrome, relying instead on a battery of other tests. For example in the United States, the "standard" abdominal girth measurements for men and women are 102 centimeters or more for men, and 88 centimeters or more for women, but these measurements are only part of five criteria that also include neutral fat, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar.
However, the present research shows that one thing has not changed: the fatter people become, the more likely it is that they will suffer a heart attack or stroke. Men and women diagnosed as having metabolic syndrome under the current criteria have a 1.44 times and 1.53 times higher risk, respectively, of experiencing such problems compared to their healthy counterparts. "Both men and women have a higher risk of suffering heart attack or stroke when they're large around the waist, but it was difficult to determine a baseline," Kadowaki said. "Based on the result of this latest survey, we need to further discuss proper abdominal girth standards."
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Obesity still brings risk
With a recent study finding no clear correlation between set abdominal girth measurements and a sharp increase in the risk of developing such diseases, the government's diagnostic standards and checkup procedures will inevitably have to be reviewed. However, this does not mean that bodily circumference is unconnected to lifestyle-related diseases.
It is important to bear in mind that abdominal girth measurements are not a mere matter of joy and despair. Rather, it is crucial that people--even slim individuals positively brimming with health--give due consideration to lifestyle-related diseases and, where necessary, take appropriate measures to prevent them.
DrP wrote:I'd also suspect that their alcohol and tobacco use weighs in far heavier on the public health system troubles scale than obesity related disease.
Greji wrote:She did like my pouch jockeys and immediately asked for my keitai number. Since she was fat and ugly, I did the only proper thing and gave her Ikemen Tommy's number.
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Though the acceptable "Metabo" limit appears to depend on race, this is not taken into account in those measurements. It kind of sounds ridiculous that I am "diagnosed" every year as being "at risk of metabolic syndrome" even with a BMI in the normal range and blood pressure in the low values. Well, one more reason to just ignore them.
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Though the acceptable "Metabo" limit appears to depend on race, this is not taken into account in those measurements. It kind of sounds ridiculous that I am "diagnosed" every year as being "at risk of metabolic syndrome" even with a BMI in the normal range and blood pressure in the low values. Well, one more reason to just ignore them.
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