BMI cut-offs need to factor in ethnicity: study
Researchers have used data from nearly 1.5 million people to work out BMI equivalents for four non-White populations living in the UK
BMI cut-offs for obesity and overweight need to be lowered for certain ethnicities to optimise type 2 diabetes prevention and management, according to a group of epidemiologists and clinicians.
The team, led by the University of Oxford, says making care conditional on BMI values recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) is not optimal for people who are Black, south Asian, Chinese or Arab.
