Larger Hip Circumference Independently Predicts Health and Longevity



http://www.obesityresearch.org/cgi/content/abstract/9/10/644



A Swedish scientist named Dr. Lauren Lissner spend 24 years on this

research and found out this result.



A study looking at the hip sizes of around 1,400 women found that

those with a larger circumfrance were less likely to suffer from

diabetes and heart disease. The hip measurements of Swedish women

aged 38 to 60 were taken between 1968 and 1969 and the subjects were

followed up 24 years later. The research, which will be revealed at a

European conference on obesity in Vienna this week, found that women

with a hip size greater than 41in were likely to live longer.



Prof Lauren Lissner, of the Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology at

Goteborg University in Sweden, said: "With everything else remaining

constant, a lower fat distribution does seem to be beneficial. The

women we looked at were all of average weight, between 60kg and 65kg

[9st 6lb and 10st 3lb], with a body mass index of between 20 and 25.



"A simplification of our result is that if two women had the same

body mass index - weight divided by height squared - the one with the

larger hips is better off." Prof Lissner stressed that none of the

women in the study had been obese and that there was an obvious

correlation between very large hips and heart disease.

large hips is classic indicator of kapha prakriti



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--- In ayurvedaonline@yahoogroups.com, "Shirish Bhate" <shirishbhate@...> wrote:

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> Larger Hip Circumference Independently Predicts Health and Longevity

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> http://www.obesityresearch.org/cgi/content/abstract/9/10/644