Ethnic-specific revisions of body mass index cutoffs to define overweight and obesity in Asians are not warranted

被引：57

作者：

Stevens, J ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Univ N Carolina, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Nutr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA

[2] Univ N Carolina, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Chapel Hill, NC USA

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY | 2003年 / 27卷 / 11期

关键词：

Asians; Asian Indians; ethnicity; health policy; mortality; race; risk; waist circumference;

D O I：

10.1038/sj.ijo.0802417

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Studies showing that Asians with a body mass index (BMI) at the high end of the 'normal' range are at increased risk of disease do not justify a different definition of obesity for that ethnic group without comparable data from Caucasians showing no similar increase in risk. The current BMI cutpoints for obesity are somewhat arbitrary, but there is value in a simple, uniform definition across populations. It seems prudent to separate the scientific construct of obesity from the politically linked, nationally specific BMI cutpoint used to trigger public health or clinical action.

引用

页码：1297 / 1299

页数：3

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