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Which person is at a greater risk for health issues related to being overweight or obese? Janet has a BMI of 28 and a waist to hip ratio of 0.95. Fred has a BMI of 28.9 and a waist to hip ratio of 0.78.
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Which person is at a greater risk for health issues related to being overweight or obese? Janet has a BMI of 28 and a waist to hip ratio of 0.95. Fred has a BMI of 28.9 and a waist to hip ratio of 0.78.

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Janet

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I assume Janet is a female, Fred is a male, then BMI shows both are overweight. Obese is over 30+ BMI. However, Janet has very high WTH, 0.95 and 0.85 or higher is very high health risk for women. For man, 0.95 or below is low risk, so Fred is ok for WTH.

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