It would be interesting to see how that measurement works out for different people. In my case I am 76 inches tall and I did feel comfortable with about a 38 inch waist but made it down to about 35 inches. I am, however, the butte of skinny jokes these days, but I take that as jealousy since the jokers are generally overweight. I also use it as an opportunity to tell people how I got this way, not that they listen