There's even more evidence that your waistline is one of the best ways to tell if you're healthy — especially as you age
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- Measurements of your belly can tell you a lot about how healthy you are.
- Researchers are learning that the amount of fat we hold around our waistlines is a good indicator of our overall health.
- In a new study of more than 5,000 older people, researchers found that people's waist-to-hip ratio was strongly linked to their cognitive performance.
The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but the belly can tell you a lot about how healthy you are.
Increasingly, physicians and researchers are learning that the amount of fat we hold around our waistlines is a good indicator of our overall health. Taking a tape measure to our waist isn't just a way to find out if we're over- or under-weight; belly circumference is also strongly linked to the health of our hearts, our risk for diseases like diabetes, and maybe even our cognitive performance as we age. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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