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Waistline - where is it

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When I attended cardiac rehab after one stent inserted the nurse measured my waist and told me I needed to loose weight as it was 35 inches and they like females to be 32 inches or less.

I was measured over my belly button which I had never regarded as my waist which I consider it to be above my hip bone not below the hip bone. I have lost 10lbs in recent months but none from where I was measured.

On viewing a BHF video on measuring your waist it states that your waistline is half way between bottom of ribs and top of hips. This means my waist is now 30, down from 32 when I did my rehab.

Where has everyone else been measured by the rehab nurses and who do I believe, rehab nurse or BHF. My feeling is BHF as how can your waist include your hip bone.

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Mentdent

I was told belly button

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Gumbie_Cat

I agree with you and BHF. Someone at Biobank once measured my waist lower down - and basically it was high hip - on my hip bones.

I am quite large of hip but still have a defined waist - so it was annoying to get this big waist measurement. Tummy button just doesn’t work, it depends on your shape, also on whether you have had anything like a C-section.

I would dismiss it as a poor measure and take your own one as correct.

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