(1) The researchers said their findings required validation by others but pointed out that an expanding waistline had been linked to other cancers, including those of the pancreas, lining of the womb, and ovaries, possibly because midriff fat was more harmful.
(2) Iniesta went down but was waved up, Sergio Busquets brought a save from Thibaut Courtois and Dani Alves's thumped cross hit Messi's midriff.
(3) Étienne Capoue at least had a go at testing Bravo with a shot into the goalkeeper’s midriff before Ighalo volleyed over Amrabat’s right-wing delivery, Watford’s best chance to change the complexion of the night.
(4) Ivory Coast, also, were lucky to get to the break with 11 men after Serey Die, already cautioned for thrusting his studs into the midriff of Wakaso Mubarak, was extremely fortunate to escape a second yellow for a foul on Atsu.
(5) The Newcastle enforcer planted his studs into Sánchez’s midriff and it was a surprise that Mason took no action.
(6) The Spurs manager's team were utterly overrun, with Paulinho sent off for a lunge into the midriff of their tormentor in chief, Luis Suárez, as they sank without trace.
(7) The mega pop star's 17-year-old midriff had seemed to captivate and anger the entire world overnight.
(8) Classified as a part of thoraco-abdominal traumas and polytraumas, midriff traumatic rhexis must be operated as soon as possible.
(9) 9.10pm BST 69 mins Bosnia corner, won by Lulic with a cross driven into Corona's midriff.
(10) A woman gazes into the lens, blood on her face, dust in her hair, all over her, clothes so ripped and dishevelled that her bra and her midriff are clearly visible, her body twisted in an airport seat so that she can prop up her injured foot, from which her mangled shoe still dangles.
(11) 87 min: Messi picks up the ball 25 yards out, turns, and unleashes a shot straight into Neuer's midriff.
(12) A referee might respond that a player is asking for trouble by connecting with an opponent's midriff.
(13) The Leeds striker missed a glorious opening within a minute, placing a free header from Harte's cross into the keeper's midriff and seeing a hopeful shot deflected wide from a McAteer cross soon after.
(14) The first flash of Afellay’s class almost led to Marco van Ginkel scoring the opener, only for the midfielder to catch Adrián in the midriff with his studs.
(15) The problem was it also left the boy writhing in apparent pain and clutching his midriff as various Swansea players ran over to remonstrate.
(16) In addition, a majority of the women were dissatisfied with the shape of their stomach, hips, midriff, waist, thighs and buttocks.
(17) Her sound and style is a cut'n'paste pastiche of a decade – the 90s – that she was too young to experience the first time around but can relive through Tumblr photo collages: a little bit Republica meets Scary Spice, a little bit midriff-baring Disney Kid gone off the rails.
(18) He cut inside and shot but he picked out Rui Patrício’s midriff.
(19) Johnny Weissmuller won five Olympic swimming golds before he played Tarzan, but his midriff now looks almost flabby compared to Alexander Skarsgård’s six-pack in The Legend of Tarzan .
(20) Predictably, he was booked before half-time, having caught Messi in the midriff with a swinging boot.
Waist
Definition:
(n.) That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips.
(n.) Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship.
(n.) A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line.
(n.) A girdle or belt for the waist.
Example Sentences:
(1) Subjects with low HDLC also had higher body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio and serum total cholesterol (TC) concentration than subjects with normal HDLC.
(2) A low waist-thigh ratio was associated with a high prevalence of varicose veins in women.
(3) Under these conditions, with careful attention to sealing at ankles and waist, it was possible to estimate penetration as low as 0.3%.
(4) In two groups of postmenopausal women aged 55-69 years in the upper midwestern United States, the authors examined the reliability and accuracy of self-measurement by mail questionnaire of waist, hip, upper arm, wrist and calf girths.
(5) So should we indulge our nut cravings or will that just add inches to the waist?
(6) Moreover, they were longer (P less than 0.04); had a higher body mass index (P less than 0.04); and larger waist and hip circumferences (P less than 0.03) and buccal (P less than 0.01), subscapular (P less than 0.01), and sum of skin-fold measurements (P less than 0.03).
(7) The group whose waist ratios were larger than their obesity indices had significantly worse findings than the group whose waist ratios were not in the following medical categories: systolic blood pressure, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase levels, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase levels, uric acid levels, total bilirubin, electrocardiogram readings and optic funduscopic observation.
(8) The authors have classified the configuration of laminas in the lower lumbar spine into three different types, (WI, W2, and N), based on the two characteristic features of the lamina: 1) whether or not the inferior articular processes are wider than the waist part of the lamina, and 2) whether or not the facet joint spaces can be recognized on plain anteroposterior (AP) radiographs.
(9) Body fat distribution as measured by the ratio of waist circumference to hip circumference (WHR) is now accepted as an important risk factor for a number of diseases.
(10) For estimating regional fat distribution, either waist to hip circumference ratio or subscapular skinfold have been most useful.
(11) The alterations in triceps, waist, and total SF were related to the increase in fat weight and BF (r greater than 0.71).
(12) Body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio were positively correlated with apolipoprotein B and total cholesterol levels, and negatively correlated with apolipoprotein A1 and HDL cholesterol levels.
(13) High-waisted flared pleated silk trousers was the key shape, in colours Saint Laurent would have approved, such as like pumpkin orange, sea green and glowing fuchia.
(14) The etiology is believed to be that of small erosions at the waist of the hernia which bleed slowly.
(15) The simple ratio of waist girth to hip girth can be used to estimate the location of body fat.
(16) To evaluate the associations between general and abdominal obesity (as determined by total body fat, waist to hip ratio, umbilical to triceps ratio, and umbilical to subscapular ratio) with glucose, plasma lipoproteins, apolipoprotein (apo) A-I and B concentrations, and low density lipoprotein (LDL) particle size (LDL 1-7), we randomly selected 222 men and 243 women from rural and urban areas of Puriscal, Costa Rica.
(17) Waist-to-hip ratio correlated with both age (r = 0.441) and body mass index (r = 0.532) in simple linear correlation analysis (P less than 0.001).
(18) The waist to hip ratio was negatively associated with insulin sensitivity (r = -0.70, P less than 0.05) and insulin pulse interval (r = -0.66, P less than 0.05).
(19) In addition, all affected members show a characteristic pattern of cutaneous hyperpigmentation, which resembles macular amyloidosis around the neck and waist, but which confers a dappled appearance to the axillae, popliteal fossae, thighs, buttocks, and lower aspect of the abdomen.
(20) Fasting serum insulin concentrations were significantly associated with percent body fat (Pearson r = 0.45-0.53), waist-to-hip girth ratio (Pearson r = 0.18-0.27), and most of the physiologic risk factors.