Waist-to-Height Ratio Calculator

What Waist-to-Height Ratio is for

Waist-to-Height Ratio Calculator is the page to open when you need waist-to-height ratio from measurements you already have. It belongs with the other health calculators because that is the work this arithmetic supports. The intake that matches this body size is the daily calorie needs. Type the entries first. The result stays hidden until you press Calculate, so a half-finished form never flashes a number you might mistake for the answer.

How to fill in this calculator

1. Waist Circumference. Enter the value this part of the job needs. The unit list on this field includes in, cm.
2. Height. Enter the value this part of the job needs. The unit list on this field includes in, ft, cm, m.

The formula in plain language

To add fractions, convert them to a common denominator, add the numerators, and reduce. A mixed number is a whole plus a fraction. Multiply the whole by the denominator and add the numerator before you do arithmetic. A ratio a:b = c:d solves for the missing term by cross-multiplying. Long division splits a number into a whole quotient and a remainder.

A worked example

1/2 plus 1/3 is 5/6. The mixed number 2 1/4 is 9/4. If 2:3 equals 8:d, then d is 12. 100 divided by 6 is 16 with a remainder of 4, or 16.666....

Height, weight, and a tape measurement are one body. This waist-to-height ratio screening number belongs with a healthy-weight estimate and waist-to-hip ratio.

Mistakes that move the answer

• A denominator of zero is not a fraction.
• Reduce the answer if you are comparing it with a tape that is marked in sixteenths.

How to check the result

After Calculate shows the waist-to-height ratio result, redo the last operation with a pencil using the rounded figures on the screen. Matching that check means the inputs were read correctly. If you edit a label or a sentence in this HTML file, reload the page. The form and this article both live in the file, so the edit is what visitors will read.