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At what waist size is a female considered to have abdominal obesity?

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Obesity: Typically a woman is considered obese at waist size greater than 36, a man at waist size>40.

Dr Ferdowsi and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 10/3/2016

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Size and obesitry: Size is not accurate way to measure obesity, people could be big but with minimum obesity ex musclar people. A better indication is body fat percentage analyser, or body mass index.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 5/22/2015

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