Abdominal fat predicts heart disease risk better than BMI
- ID
- 14568
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 16 Aug 2026, 5:14 AM
- Fetched
- 18 Aug 2026, 5:13 AM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://www.acc.org/about-acc/press-releases/2026/08/11/14/59/abdominal-fat-predicts-heart-disease-risk-better-than-bmi
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 1.0
- Created
- 18 Aug 2026, 6:18 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developers
What happened
A study published in JACC analyzing over 260,000 people across 20 years found that waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio predict cardiovascular disease risk better than BMI alone. Among individuals classified as normal weight by BMI, 5% had high waist circumference and 18% had high waist-to-hip ratio, and those with normal or overweight BMI but high central adiposity had 15-50% greater cardiovascular risk.
Why it matters
This is a medical study with no direct relevance to developers, AI/ML practitioners, or startup founders. There is no actionable takeaway for this audience's work.
Discussion angle
Not worth discussing in a tech community segment; no tech, AI, startup, or Malaysia-relevant angle exists in this article.