Word: waisted
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Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have found a strong correlation between high waist-to-hip ratios in middle-aged women and risk for heart disease, according to a new study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA...
Researchers analyzed waist-to-hip circumference ratios of 44,702 women aged 40 to 65 years and found that women with high ratios-- from 0.88 and up--were three times more likely to develop heart disease than those with low ratios...
...apple-shaped woman, one who has a high waist-to-hip ratio, tends to have higher levels of detrimental cholesterol, higher levels of male hormones which cause negative metabolic effects on the body," Rexrode said...
...slowly waving their arms in the air to create an undulating wave of flesh as they push against one another and move within the knot of people. A woman and a man step forward and backward as if they were waltzing, but flap their arms and bend at the waist almost like chickens pecking at seeds...
...seems the International Volleyball Federation, which regulates indoor volleyball, is tired of being the dowdy sister to beach volleyball. The federation's new uniform standards went into effect this month. Women's shirts "must follow the body line," say the regulations. And women's shorts "must be tight in waist and length," with a maximum inseam of 5 cm and "cut in at least a 30[degrees] angle toward the top of the leg." No ruling on tans...