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How to be a healthy weight *BMI calculator *Your body shape Height/weight chart Calorie calculator Food for sport Food myths debunked Eating out healthily Vegetarian and vegan Seasons and celebrations Your body shape This section can help you work out if your waist is a healthy size for your height. If you have too much weight around your middle, often called an 'apple' shape, this increases your risk of developing heart disease and diabetes. If the weight is around your hips, this is often called a 'pear' shape. Someone with an apple shape will face greater health risks than someone who has a pear shape, even if they are both overweight. To get a clearer picture of your overall health risk, you might find it useful to check out your body shape. You can do this by plotting the size of your waist against your height on the Ashwell® shape chart. If you have well-developed muscles, you may find that you will fall into the category of overweight on the body mass index calculator (and the height/weight chart), when in fact you may have a healthy body shape and very little fat. This guide will help you to find this out.
