Body metrics

Waist-to-height ratio

Waist-to-height ratio and its risk band (Ashwell: keep your waist under half your height).

Cites its source in every response: source (the formula + published reference) and canonical_url (https://myplate.food/waist-to-height-ratio-calculator), plus a disclaimer.

get/calculate/waist-to-height

Request

  • Base URL: https://myplate.food/api/v1
  • URL: https://myplate.food/api/v1/calculate/waist-to-height
  • Auth: none declared

Query parameters

unit'metric' | 'imperial'

Units for inputs and output. metric = cm/kg (default), imperial = in/lb.

waistnumber required

Waist circumference (cm or in per unit).

heightnumber required

Height (cm or in per unit).

Response

Calculation result with citation envelope.

calculatorstring required

The endpoint name.

inputsobject

The parsed, normalized inputs the result was computed from.

sourcestring required

The formula and published reference behind the number.

canonical_urlstring uri required

The matching myplate.food page.

disclaimerstring

Present on health calculators.

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.