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Old 04-27-2017, 05:03 PM   #72
Oling_Roachinen
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Originally Posted by taco.vidal View Post
A lot of people, men especially, are in denial about the fact that they are overweight. Once you get larger than about a 34 inch waist, youre into overweight territory and at around 38 inches you are getting into obese. Being taller will give you a few more inches around the waist before you start getting into the overweight or obese range.

You can search and find medical tables that will show you waist size ranges. Height to waist ratio can be used as a better tool than BMI to predict health issues.

The average American male is 5'9" with a 39" waist, otherwise known as fat.
Yeah, simple rule of thumb is you should be looking at under half your height for pant sizes if you care about your life expectancy. So your typical 6 foot person, should be ideally looking at size 34-35 pants, especially with the vanity sizing. Of course with exceptions.
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