Calculate A Body Shape Index (ABSI), a measure combining waist circumference, BMI, and height.
How It Works
How A Body Shape Index (ABSI) Calculator Works
ABSI was developed to capture health risk related to abdominal fat that BMI alone misses, since BMI can't distinguish where on the body weight is carried. It combines waist circumference with BMI and height in a single formula, designed so that — unlike waist circumference alone — it doesn't simply correlate with being taller or heavier overall.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What counts as a "normal" ABSI score?
Unlike BMI, ABSI doesn't have simple universal cutoff numbers — it's typically interpreted by comparing your value against population averages for your age and sex, usually expressed as a z-score, so the raw number alone isn't meaningful without that context.
How is this different from waist-to-height ratio?
Waist-to-height ratio is a simpler two-measurement calculation, while ABSI incorporates BMI as well, specifically to separate the effect of central body fat from overall body size — researchers designed it to be statistically independent of BMI, which the simpler ratio isn't.
