There is an article on Medical News Today, uh, today about what researches consider to be a better predictor of future heart disease than BMI (body mass index). This makes sense, since a professional athlete can sometimes have a rather high BMI suggesting obesity when, in fact, he has very low body fat and is in better health than someone who is just fat.
Researchers measured each man's belly, the scientific term for which is "sagittal abdominal diameter" or SAD.
"Iribarren and his team also looked at the results within categories of BMI. They found that within the same BMI range, the SAD measure was a reliable predictor of CHD [coronary heart disease] risk. In other words, two people with the same Body Mass Index (even if their weight was "normal") would effectively have different risks of developing CHD depending on the size of their belly - the larger the belly the bigger the risk."
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