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Body mass index and mortality in asian populations: implications for obesity cut-points
1Department of Nutrition, CB 7461, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Nutrition Reviews
|May 2, 2003
Abstract:
Investigators have questioned whether body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) cut-points for obesity used in the United States and Europe are appropriate for Asian countries. A recent study examined the association between BMI and mortality in a population-based cohort of Japanese men and women. These and other results did not indicate a need for lower cut-points in Asians.