Obesity questions
April 28, 2010
CALLS for a change in US federal
guidelines on obesity, to bring it in
line with the World Health
Organisation guidelines, could see
more women fall into obese categories.
The movement follows
revelations that the current US
guidelines, which determine
obesity on BMI (whether weight
and height are proportional), are
overlooking a large chunk of US
women who are actually obese
based on WHO’s guides which
calculate obesity based on body fat
analysis.
According to researchers, around
half of all US women (of reproductive
age) who are currently not
considered overweight, are in fact,
based on body fat analysis, obese.
“BMI is not one size fits all,” said
lead researcher from the University
of Texas, Dr Nahbubur Rahman.
“Inaccurate classification can
decrease the impact of obesity
prevention programs that will
result in many women not receiving
the help they need,” he added.
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