The ratio of your waist to your height should be less than 0.5. meaning if your height is 170cm, your waist should be less than 85cm.
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More than 50% of adults (Indian or not) have ratio >0.5.
But 50 years ago, this was not the case.
The population has become unhealthy overall. A higher ratio is a risk factor for cardio- metabolic disease.
If more than half the population has a waist-to-height ratio >0.5, does that make the cut-off useless?
No. Clinical cut-offs are based on where disease risk rises, not on what is most common.
As populations become more obese, more people cross the threshold but risk remains.
Everyone has it ≠ I am healthy
#WaistToHeightRatio #MetabolicHealth
This morning, as I was walking through the reception area of my hospital, I witnessed something that stayed with me.
An elderly gentleman with a head full of grey hair was standing at the reception counter. Behind him was a long queue of patients waiting to pay their consultation fees.
The hospital was filled with the usual quiet, subdued hum of people seeking treatment. But, one sound drowned out everything else. He was playing reels on his mobile phone at full volume.
I stopped and watched.
The receptionist politely requested that he lower the volume since he was inside a hospital. He ignored her. She accepted his consultation fee, handed him his token, and he walked away.
A security guard then reminded him that the OPD ahead was a silent zone where mobile phones should be on silent or vibration mode. He ignored that as well and continued towards the consultants' chambers.
If you are visiting a hospital, please be considerate of those around you.
Some patients are struggling with unbearable pain or splitting headaches. Others have just been told that a loved one has a poor prognosis. Parents may have been informed that their infant is critically ill and may not survive.
A hospital is a place of hope, anxiety, grief, and healing.
Please avoid playing reels at full volume, speaking loudly, laughing boisterously, or blocking corridors while chatting.
A little empathy and basic civic sense can make an already difficult day a little easier for someone else.
To any mom with a newborn diagnosed with Down syndrome (DS): please hear this: it is NOT your fault. ❤️
• Every child is unique; there is a huge variation in how DS affects a person.
• normal chromosomes don't guarantee a life free of health issues!
• Wonderful online support groups are out there waiting to help you and guide you.
-You are not alone on this journey.
-God's plan for each family is different.
-Think of what is in your hands; to change. Stop thinking about why your baby and why you...
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Animals do not have sex unless the female is biologically mature.
No animal on this globe ever attempts sex with their young ones.
Any desire to have sex with children puts human beings at sub-animal level.
A pedophile is a curse on mankind.
Those attempting reduction of the age of consent from 18 to 16 are pedophiles in the garb of activists.
Capital punishment is the only penalty for Pedophilia.
#ageofconsent