Are You an Apple or a Pear?

We have partial control over our body shape and size. Partially, our genetic disposition controls our metabolism, body type and the tendency to store fat. Whether you have an apple (android) or pear (gynoid) body type, is determined by your waist-to-hip ratio. Divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement to get the ratio.

Waist/Hip = Ratio

If the ratio is greater than 0.85 for women, or 0.95 for men, then you are an apple. If the ratio is less, then you are a pear. Men and women can be of either body type. Africans and African Americans usually tend towards the pear shape.

Apples store excess weight in their abdomen, rather than their hips and thighs. Fat distributed in the abdomen is often associated with certain metabolic problems like, high cholesterol, heart disease, and diabetes. If you are an apple, and you have a body mass index (BMI) of over 30, you are at a risk of developing coronary heart disease.

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Pears mostly carry excess weight in their bottom, hips and thighs. A pear can have a very small waist, narrow shoulders, and wider hips and thighs. In women this body shape becomes suited to child-bearing. As this fat has a special purpose, the body protects it and burns off other stores of fat - first from the face, then the arms, bust, stomach and so on before it gets to the buttocks, hips and thighs.

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