The body mass index, as I have already explained to you in this article, is an inaccurate system to measure our risk of overweight and obesity as a “health risk”: the BMI (body mass index) in fact represents a mere relationship between an individual’s height and weight in pounds, but it says nothing about his or her body fat distribution. The measurement of the abdominal circumference could be a much more important value , aimed at signaling the presence or absence of “central obesity” or the accumulation of fat around the belly.

According to experts, people who have an abdominal circumference at risk despite having a normal BMI have, according to experts, 22 percent more risk of dying from an early death , while if they also have a high BMI and predictive of a state of obesity (BMI 30+) and not just a tall abdominal circumference, the risk increases by about 35%, according to a new study .

But what does it mean to suffer from central obesity and therefore what does it mean to have a “risky” abdominal circumference for our health? Central obesity is a term that indicates the accumulation of fat preferably between the belly and stomach.
The abdominal circumference should not be greater than 80 cm for women and 94 cm for men; from 80 to 88 cm for women and from 94 to 102 cm for men we speak of increased risk; over 102 cm for men and 88 cm of waist circumference for women, we speak of high risk .