BMI has been the usual way to measure if someone is over weight or obese. However, there are a number of flaws with this method, such as gender, ethnicity, where you carry your fat and what really classifies as over weight and obese.

A much quicker way to find out if you are at risk of too much weight around the middle is to use a piece of string.

Cut a piece of string the same as your height, fold in half and then place it around your middle. If you struggle to get the ends to meet, then you have too much belly fat.

Here is the article, published in the NZ Herald that explains why you shouldn’t have too much belly fat.

The linkhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12041587