Another common measurement of related to leg to body ratio is sitting height ratio shr. This ratio of weight to height is known as the body mass index bmi. For most people their arm span is about equal to their. Your arms will be parallel to the ground. Bottom of nose to outside corner of eye is equal to length of ear. Waist to neck ratio is 1 to 2 waist is twice the circumference of the neck neck to wrist ratio is 1 to 2 neck is twice the circumference of the wrist objectives and standards.
First we examine your arm span to height ratio. People who are obese bmi of 30 or above almost always have a large amount of body fat in relation to their height. The human body illustrates the golden section or divine proportion. Check your height to weight ratio using our approximate optimum average height to weight ratio chart guide below. In addition our fact sheet on targeted body weightloss solutions by daniel murray takes us through ways and exercises that can assist in losing fat in various parts of the body. Waist hip ratio is sometimes used as an indicator of certain health conditions.
Sitting height ratio is the ratio of the head plus spine length to total height which is highly correlated to leg to body ratio. Hold one end of the piece. The value is calculated by dividing waist measurement by hip measurement. Shr has been found to be very different between individuals of different ancestry. Length of foot is equal to length of forearm. The blue line a golden section.
Now stretch your arms out as far as they can reach. Your arm span is the distance between the middle fingertips on each. For adults a healthy weight is defined as the appropriate body weight in relation to height. The divine proportion in the body the white line is the bodys height. Well use the golden ratio building blocks developed on the life page again for each line segment. If your result is under 185 youre considered underweight.
People who are overweight bmi of 25299 have too much body weight for their height. Between 25 and 299 means youre. The human body is based on phi and 5. Waist hip ratio whr is defined as the ratio of waist circumference to hip circumference. A person with a 34 waist and 40 hip would therefore have a waist hip ratio of 3440 or 085. A result between 185 and 249 means youre in the normal weight range for your height.