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    Millions More Middle-Aged Are Obese, Study Suggests

    admin@primenewsBy admin@primenewsMay 15, 2024No Comments0 Views

    Millions of middle-aged people have been mistakenly led to believe they are not obese, according to an Italian study that looked at body-fat percentage instead of body-mass index.

    Using a new, lower BMI cut-off for obesity would give a truer picture of who is affected, the researchers say. With age, muscle declines and fat builds up around organs in the waist region, often with no change in weight.

    The challenge is to find a tool that easily screens for obesity. BMI is calculated by dividing an adult's weight in kilograms by the square of their height in metres.

    • 18.5-25 is said to suggest a healthy weight
    • 25-29 that they are overweight
    • 30 or above that they are obese

    It is a quick and easy method, supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), and pretty accurate in most people most of the time – but cannot differentiate between fat, muscle and bone. A study of 4,800 adults aged 40-80 years old, led by the University of Tor Vergata in Rome, looked at an alternative.

    Just 38% of the men and 41% of the women had a BMI above 30 – but when their body-fat percentage was calculated using scans, 71% and 64% were found to be obese.

    “If we continue to use the WHO standard for obesity screening, we will miss many middle-aged and older adults who are at risk for obesity-related diseases including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers,” co-author, Prof Antonino De Lorenzo said.

    A BMI of 27 should be used to define obesity in future, the researchers said.

    “Establishing this new BMI cut-off point in clinical settings and obesity guidelines will be beneficial to the potential health of millions of older adults,” Prof De Lorenzo said.

    ‘Simple tool'

    The study is one of many which have suggested different cut-off points for BMI over the years. Yet it's unlikely BMI will be ditched anytime soon – it's much cheaper than scanning people to quantify their body fat accurately.

    The researchers admit larger studies in other countries are needed to confirm the results. This study only looked at adults in one region of Italy and didn't look at the distribution of fat in people's bodies – only the percentage of the body made up of fat.

    It also didn't ask people about their diets or exercise habits to work how why some people might be more at risk from obesity than others. On its own, it's not clear whether body fat analysis would be be a definitive measurement either.

    “We need a simple tool to screen for obesity that can be available for anyone,” co-author Prof Marwan El Ghoch, from the University of Beirut, said.

    Prof Naveed Sattar, from the University of Glasgow, said: “Rather than cutting the obesity thresholds to 27, which would mean around half the adults in UK are living with obesity, other definitions of obesity that include also looking at waist circumference, combined with specific signs and symptoms of excess weight, are likely to be more informative.”

    The search for the right tool continues.

    — CutC by bbc.com

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