A study of 844,000 adults reveals what BMI misses about obesity
A multinational study of 844,108 adults found that combining BMI with waist measurements improved obesity classification and identified mortality risks that BMI alone could miss. Clinical obesity was associated with a 69% higher all-cause mortality hazard, compared with 19% for preclinical obesity, while most participants with preclinical obesity were not estimated to progress to clinical obesity…
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