What Your Waist-to-Hip Ratio Reveals About Your Health
Your body shape, not just your weight, is one of the strongest predictors of heart and metabolic risk. Enter two measurements below and see where you stand.
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Waist-to-Hip Ratio Calculator
Waist at its narrowest, hips at their widest.
Where you carry fat matters more than how much you weigh
Two people at the same weight can have completely different health risks. Fat stored around the abdomen, reflected in a higher waist-to-hip ratio, surrounds your organs and is far more strongly linked to heart disease, type-2 diabetes and high blood pressure than fat stored on the hips and thighs.
That's why clinicians use WHR as a quick, low-tech screen for cardiometabolic risk. It's a great first signal, but it can't tell you what that fat actually is.
WHR risk thresholds
World Health Organization reference ranges.
| Health risk | Women | Men |
|---|---|---|
| Low | 0.80 or below | 0.90 or below |
| Moderate | 0.81 – 0.84 | 0.91 – 0.99 |
| High | 0.85 or above | 1.0 or above |
Your ratio is the surface. The Hume Body Pod shows what's underneath.
A tape measure tells you your shape. The Hume Body Pod tells you your composition: how much of you is fat, muscle, water and dangerous visceral fat, measured with 8-frequency analysis that's 98% as accurate as a clinical DEXA scan.
Visceral FatThe organ fat WHR hints at
Body Fat %Fat mass, precisely
Muscle MassSegment by segment
Metabolic AgeHow old your body acts
Body WaterHydration & balance
This at-home scan that replaces the guesswork
Step on, hold the handle, and get a full 45-metric body composition scan in under 60 seconds, synced straight to the free Hume Health app.
- Tracks visceral fat, muscle mass & metabolic age, the metrics WHR can't
- 8-frequency BIA, 98% accurate compared to a DEXA scan
- Syncs with Apple Health, Google Fit, Fitbit & Garmin
- Recognizes up to 24 users automatically
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Measure what a tape measure can't.
Your waist-to-hip ratio was the first clue. The Hume Body Pod gives you the full story: 45 metrics, tracked automatically, every single week.
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