SHAPE CALCULATOR - Apple or Pear?

Your body shape is related to potential risks to your health. People with more weight around their waist are at greater risk of lifestyle related diseases such as diabetes and heart disease than those with weight around your hips.

Although, the level of fat and where it is stored varies from person to person most people tend to store excess fat in one of two common locations:

• On the Hips = Pear-shaped people - store fat on the hips and thighs, just below the surface of the skin.
• On the waist = Apple-shaped people store body fat around the abdomen and chest, surrounding internal organs, such as the heart.

Even when apples and pears have similar body weights, these lifestyle related diseases progress faster and more seriously in apples than in pears.

Are you an Apple or Pear?

The waist – to hip ratio is calculated as a simple and useful measure of fat distribution.

To measure accurately:
Waist Measurement - stand upright in a relaxed position, not pulling in your stomach. Place the tape measure around the smallest part of your waist, passing over your belly button.
Hip measurement – place tape measure around the widest part of your hips over the buttocks, where they are the widest.

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