Is BMI Still a Reliable Health Metric in Aging Populations? Study Provides Insights
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Body mass index (BMI) is key method for measuring a person's weight status, and defining if they have normal weight, overweight, or obesity. However, new research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity shows that people with obesity at similar BMIs display significant differences in body composition in different body compartments according to their age group, such as higher body fat especially in central regions and lower muscle mass in arms and legs.
Obesity is a major health problem characterised by an excessive accumulation of body fat (BF) that can also co-exist with a reduction in lean mass (LM). In people with obesity, little is still known about the changes in fat and lean masses across the lifespan. Thus the authors, in this new study, aimed to analyse the differences in the total and segmental body composition between age groups.
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