The waist circomference is the best predictor
If men want to avoid a disease like type 2 diabetes, they must take care of their waist, because the circumference of waist is then most accurate predictor of risk to develop this disease.
This conclusion belongs to a group of health professionals at Harvard University after examining 27,270 men over a period of 13 years. They insisted that body mass index (BMI) is not relevant in prediction of diabetes risk.
The lead author of the study, Youfa Wang, PhD, MD, assistant professor with the Center for Human Nutrition at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said: "Both BMI and waist circumference are useful tools to assess health risk, but abdominal fat measured by waist circumference can indicate a strong risk for diabetes whether or not a man is considered overweight or obese according to his BMI".
For comparative analysis, the target group was divided into five subgroups based on their wais size. The conclusion was that men having large waists or higher overall body fat had a greater risk to develop type 2 diabetes in compared to those with a waistline of between 29-34 inches. Male patients whose waist size. The study team claimed that male individuals waist sized between 34.3- 35.9 inches, 36-37.8 inches, 37.9-39.8 inches, 40-62 inches were respectively 2, 3, 5 and 12 times more open to the disease
The researchers' recommendation for physicians is to measure waist circumference in addition to BMI for a better prediction of risk degree of type 2 diabetes.
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