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Your waistline defines your health; the smaller it is, the better

There was a time when a large waistline was equated to wealth and wellbeing. But that’s no longer the case. It’s long been apparent that large waistlines are linked to several disease conditions.

This is so much so that a UK health authority has recently issued public guidelines on how to measure and monitor waistlines, and what to do for those measuring beyond defined limits.

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