Objective: The study was conducted to investigate an independent relationship among waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR) and body mass index (BMI). Method: A survey was carried out among 50 random patients of age group 30-65 (30 females and 20 males) from divisional railway hospital, south east central railway, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The patients were categorized into underweight, normal-weight, overweight, and obese according to the international adult body mass index cut-offs. The survey followed an interactive sessions with these patients through questionnaire. Later, the survey data's were executed with statistical analysis (ANOVA test). Result: The result extracted on the basis of alternate hypothesis, suggest that body mass index is independent of waist-hip ratio. Waist circumference also explicates the risk of obesity as it indicates the changes in intra-abdominal fat. Conclusion: On the whole it can be farsighted not to draw on BMI as it summarizes body size. The alternatives WC and WHR more clearly define the health risks associated with excess body fat accumulation.