WAIST MEASUREMENT MATTERS Excess weight, as measured by BMI, is not the only risk to your health. The location of fat on your body is important too. TO MEASURE YOUR WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE, place a tape measure around your bare abdomen, just above your hip bone. Be sure that the tape is snug but does not compress your skin, and is parallel to the ï¬ oor.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Townshend Duties, formally known as the Townshend Acts, was a tax passed by the British. It was named for Charles Townshend, who was the British Prime Minister at the time.he Townshend Duties, formally known as the Townshend Acts, was a tax passed by the British. It was named for Charles Townshend, who was the British Prime Minister at the time.
The Townshend Acts (1767) were met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770. As a result of widespread protest in the American colonies, Parliament began to partially repeal the Townshend duties.[File:CharlesTownshend.jpg|thumb|right| Charles Townshend spearheaded the Townshend Acts, but died of acts passed, beginning in 1967, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.