5 ways to shrink YOUR belly ACCORDING TO THE EXPERTS

Keeping your weight within its healthy range is one thing. But just as important – if not more so – is paying attention to where on your body the extra weight starts to gather, since locations aren’t all created equal as far as overall good health is concerned. The short story is that carrying too much weight around your stomach delivers the biggest health risk, increasing your likelihood of experiencing everything from heart disease and diabetes to a faster decline in what is known as ‘fluid intelligence,’ the type of intelligence that influences your short-term memory and problem-solving capability.

So how much tummy fat is too much? One way to gauge whether you’re carrying excess belly fat is by calculating your waist-to-height ratio. You can do this by dividing your waist measurement in centimetres by your height in centimetres. A ratio no greater than 0.5, so that your waist circumference is