There many developments in health science and technology that most people today are not familiar of, unless they are working within the relevant field of interest. Even health professionals are not that well-informed as we assume they. One of these well-documented but obscure fruit of modern science and technology is the waist-hip ratio, or WHR. IN ADDITION to the body mass index (BMI), the waist-hip ratio (WHR) is a reliable alternative in predicting risk to heart diseases. For the same purpose, it is a measure of obesity, an indicator of other more serious health conditions such as heart diseases, diabetes, and hypertension. This method is popularized by the World Health Organization Stepwise approach to Surveillance (WHO STEPS). Research shows that people with apple-shaped bodies (have more weight around the waist) face more health risks than those with pear-shaped bodies (more weight around the hips). WHO STEPS defined abdominal obesity as a WHR of above 0.90 for
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