Waist-to-Hip Ratio Body Type Calculator

Calculate your waist-to-hip ratio to determine if your body type is an Apple or Pear. Find out why waist-to-hip ratio natters has health implications.

Where To Measure: Measure your hips at their widest point (just at or above buttocks), and your waist at your navel.

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What Does Waist to Hip Ratio Signify?

If your waist-to-hip ratio is less than or equal 0.8 for women, or 0.95 for men, it's considered to be within a healthy range. Your body type is a pear.

A waist-to-hip ratio greater than 0.8 (women) or 0.95 (men) is an indicator of obesity and increases health risks for cornonary disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Your body type is an apple.

What is the Difference in Body Type: Apple Versus Pear?

If you're an apple, you're carrying more weight in your mid-section, also referred to as central obesity, whereas if you're a pear, more weight is concentrated on your hips and buttocks, known as as Gluteofemoral fat.

Why is Mid-Section/Visceral Fat More Harmful?

Research indicates that if you're overweight or obese, location of fat matters, with abdominal fat (i.e. around the middle as on an apple) being more detrimental because this type of fat, called visceral fat, is deeper within the abdomen, situated close to the vital organs, including the liver, stomach, and heart.

Fat around the middle can cause a myriad of health problems, from heart disease and stroke, to diabetes and even some cancers.