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Global Study Finds Half of the Human Population is Overweight
October 23, 2007 at 1:18 PM
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The study found that 40 percent of men and 30 percent of women are overweight, while 24 percent of men and 27 percent of women are obese. “This is the largest study to assess the frequency of adiposity (body fat) in the clinic, providing a snapshot of patients worldwide," said study lead author Beverley Balkau, Ph.D., director of research at INSERM in Villejuif, France. (INSERM is the French equivalent of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.).
"The study results show that excess body weight is pandemic, with one-half to two-thirds of the overall study population being overweight or obese. “Central adiposity adds significantly to the risk of developing heart disease and particularly of developing diabetes,” Balkau said.
Physicians recorded age, gender, presence of heart disease or diabetes and measured waist circumference (WC), with a tape measure placed midway between the lower ribs and the iliac crest of the hips. Weight and height were measured and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. "WC is a more powerful clinical marker of heart disease and diabetes than BMI. Visceral fat is an important determinant of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and the WC is closely related with visceral fat as evaluated by CT scans. The WC is so easy to measure in the clinic,” Balkau said.
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