Waist and hip measurements

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Lena August 10, 2012 0 Comments

Under or over clothes, at the navel or just above the hip?

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Just make sure that you do the measurements at the same site. It doesn’t really matter where, you’re looking for changes over time. Just be sure to repeat the procedure exactly. Danny

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ACSM Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription is a good resource (eighth edition).

However, whether you measure on top of the clothing or on bare skin, you will need to remember to tell client to wear the same garment when it comes to retesting.

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I measure shirts up, bare skin, one inch above the navel/narrowest spot
I don’t always measure hips, I mostly rely on waist as it’s one of the health factors.

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Hi Lena,

Here is a very good site which gives you some illustrations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist%E2%80%93hip_ratio. Please keep in mind that most people do not like to expose themselves and may prefer to stay covered even it that means that the results are not 100 % accurate.

Hope this helps.
Karin Singleton
www.meltnc.com

Waist and hip measurements

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