Waist-to-Hip & Waist-to-Height Ratio Calculator
Enter waist, hip and height in cm plus gender to get WHR (waist-to-hip ratio) and WHtR (waist-to-height ratio) with apple/pear body-shape classification — WHR ≥ 0.90 for men / 0.85 for women indicates central (apple) fat distribution, WHtR uses 0.5 as a simple health threshold.
For self-reference only. This is not a medical diagnosis or treatment advice — talk to a doctor for a full assessment.
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What is it
WHR (waist ÷ hip) shows where body fat sits: a high value means fat concentrates around the abdomen (central / apple type), which is linked with higher metabolic risk. WHtR (waist ÷ height) uses 0.5 as a simple health threshold.
Notes & fun facts
A tape measure and two minutes are enough to spot a trend that scales and lab tests often miss — waist and hip readings taken the same way each time give a stable early picture of body-fat distribution.
Origin & history
Waist and waist-to-hip ratios are less than a century old as body-fat tools: late-20th-century epidemiological studies showed that people with the same weight but fat concentrated around the abdomen (central obesity) face higher metabolic risk. The WHO later adopted waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio as standard measures of abdominal obesity, making them simple markers of visceral-fat risk.
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