Not Signed In - Obesity A Growing Problem In The Indo-Asian Population
Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:00 AM EST
... Worldwide, Indo-Asian people are among the populations at greatest risk for heart disease. Also, associations between body mass index (BMI) and chronic disease may differ between Indo-Asian and Western populations.As a result, the World Health Organization has suggested lower BMI cutoff values for the definitions of overweight and obesity in Asian populations. [click link for full article] ...
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