Health Calculator: Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR)

Using Standard or Metric, use a tape measurer to measure the distance around your waist just above the belly button. Then measure the distance around the largest area of your hips at the widest part of the buttocks. Enter these values below and click Calculate.

Waist:    inches (at naval)
Hip:    inches (at fullest point)

What It Is
What It Means
Limitations

What It Is

Waist-to-Hip Ratio (WHR) determines your pattern of fat distribution. This ratio indicates where your body tends to store body fat, which is an accurate predictor of weight-related health risks.

WHR is calculated by dividing the measurement around your waist (waist circumference) by the measurement around your hips (hip circumference).
  

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Grant Information

This Web site was made possible in part by NIH Grant Number R43 DK70418