Posted on 06/04/2005 5:57:53 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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Curvier women 'will live longer'
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Institute of Preventative Medicine in Copenhagen researchers found those with wider hips also appeared to be protected against heart conditions. Women with a hip measurement smaller than 40 inches, or a size 14 would not have this protection, they said. The researchers say hip fat contains a beneficial natural anti-inflammatory. Narrow hips 'detrimental' They said this anti-inflammatory, called adiponectin, prevents arteries swelling up and becoming blocked.
The hourglass figure has been made famous by women ranging from Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren to Kelly Brook and Catherine Zeta Jones today. The Danish researchers examined almost 3,000 men and women aged between 35 and 65 from 1987 to 1988 They measured height, weight and body mass index - calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by the square of your height in metres. They then looked at Danish health registers up until the end of 1998 to look at how many of the men and women had cardiovascular problems, and up to 2001 to see how many had died. Compared to the group of women with the smallest hip circumferences, women with the biggest were found to have an 87% reduction in deaths. They also had an 86% reduced risk of having coronary heart disease and a 46% reduction in the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to the researchers. Previous studies have found both men and women with small hips are at an increased risk of developing diabetes, high blood pressure and gall bladder disease. However the study, which has been published in Obesity Research, found a wider hip circumference was not linked with better heart health in men. 'Apple-shape' risk Professor Berit Heitmann, who led the study, said: "It seems that the protection is not a matter of wide hips, it's the detrimental effect of narrow hips with a lack of muscle fat, or bone or a combination of both. She added: "Fat on hips is different than fat on the abdomen. If you do not have enough of this fat you may risk heart attacks." Carrying excess fat around the stomach, being 'apple shaped', is already known to be potentially damaging to health. Fat cells in this part of the body pump out chemicals that can damage the insulin system, raising the risk of diabetes and heart disease. Belinda Linden, of the British Heart Foundation said: "It has been widely reported that if you are apple-shaped, your risk of developing cardiovascular disease is likely to be greater than if you are pear-shaped. "This study provides additional evidence of the association between hip circumference and cardiovascular protection among women." But she added: "It is important to consider both your body weight and shape in tandem. Controlling both by eating less and being more active is the best way to reduce your risk of heart and circulatory disease." |
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Good grief!!!!
A thread about curvy women and hardly any pictures.
Pathetic.
Well, I guess I'll live to a ripe old age. IMO, I'm WAY overweight at 5'6" and 135lbs. I have a teeny tiny frame and my best weight is 120lbs. Hubby likes me this weight though for some dumb reason. I wear a size 12 but I like my clothes loose. I can get into a size 10.
When we were growing up it was drilled into our heads that if you weren't thin you were fat and that meant lazy and no count. My mom is 71, 5'3" and weighs about 110lbs. She is always walking, outside or on the treadmill, because she's terrified of getting "fat". One of my brothers was hospitalized when he was 16 for Anorexia.
I tell my doctor I'm worried about my weight and she just looks at me like I sprouted two heads. I was bone thin until I turned 48 and after that I just don't know what happened. :-(
Yeah, that too...lol.
I was bone thin until I turned 48 and after that I just don't know what happened. :-(
Your rocket blasted off at age 48. Some people have it when they are in mid-20's, while others have it in 30's.
So do you still work out after your "lift-off" ?
LOL, I work all the time. I work 10 1/2 hours a day at work and when I'm not there I work at home. We have 43 acres and I'm always outside mowing, chopping, digging, etc. For the past few weeks I've been clearing out Locust trees and over grown Forsythia. I handle an axe like a champ. I think it's the 10 1/2 hours at work that has done it. We used to work 8 and they make us work more now. I've gained most of the extra weight in the two years since we changed our hours. My job there isn't extremely physical. That leaves less time for outside stuff around here.
LOL at me!
I really messed up this post.
"I, also, have the tendency to be apple-shaped."
I meant that if I gained weight, I would be apple-shaped.
As it is, my proportions are good.
Kinda hard to be apple-shaped at 105 lbs.
"So, I guess I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't."
I think this makes more sense, now. ;o)
This has been our first hot day for poolside tanning so we trotted off to my brother's pool for the day. I'm crispy now.
Anyhow, just as an observation.
We watched 14 women come to the pool while there.
One was thin and leggy...pretty too.
Two were just-had-baby-pudgy which is natural.
The other 11 were obese from mildly to double normal body weight.
This was not Beverly Hills admittedly but on the high end for apartment complexes.
Folks are sure eating a lot in Middle Tennessee.
The only men were my brother and I.
LOL! Leggy. LOL. That makes me laugh because "leggy blond" is how the student editor's of my high school yearbook described me.
After Monday, I am going to have fun gaining back 10-12 pounds. I plan to make those the most expensive pounds imaginable: lobster, drawn butter, milk chocolate, champagne, strawberries, whipped cream, etc....lol.
Marilyn Monroe is the "Queen of the curves", not the "King".
You sound like you need to eat dear.
Lobster and drawn butter...yummy.
I could be wrong (and often have been in guessing women's sizes!) but....
I very seriously doubt that either Katherine Zeta-Jones or Marilyn Monroe had hip measurements larger than 40 inches.
Come on, this study doesn't say anything about "curvy" women, this is about BIG women :-)
"Leggy blond" is how I would best describe you too.
*giggle* -- oh I've already started eating! I'll get those pounds back on pretty fast. Manual labor is not my thang and on Monday I'll be done.
Aw, aren't you sweet. Thanks.
You're very welcome!
Not if anything to say about it I have.
Agreed.
This is a self esteem "study".
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Fat on hips is different than fat on the abdomen 