BMI一直是健康指数的金标准。但Mayo Clinic 3月14日发布的60万人的新研究说: 腰围更重要。
男性腰围大于43英寸的，比小于35的人死亡风险提高50%，约折减40岁后三年的平均寿命。女性腰围大于37英寸的，比小于27的死亡风险提高80%，约折减40岁后五年的平均寿命。这个风险即便BMI正常也一样不变。量量自己的腰围吧。尤其是我们女性，为健康为美丽，时刻保持小蛮腰~.~
原文链接: Large Waist Linked to Poor Health, Even Among Those in Healthy Body Mass Index Ranges
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The researchers pooled data from 11 different cohort studies, including more than 600,000 people from around the world. They found that men with waists 43 inches or greater in circumference had a 50 percent higher mortality risk than men with waists less than 35 inches, and this translated to about a three-year lower life expectancy after age 40. Women with a waist circumference of 37 inches or greater had about an 80 percent higher mortality risk than women with a waist circumference of 27 inches or less, and this translated to about a five-year lower life expectancy after age 40.
......“BMI is not a perfect measure,” says Dr. Cerhan. “It doesn’t discriminate lean mass from fat mass, and it also doesn’t say anything about where your weight is located. We worry about that because extra fat in your belly has a metabolic profile that is associated with diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.”
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“The primary goal should be preventing both a high BMI and a large waist circumference,” Dr. Cerhan says. “For those patients who have a large waist, trimming down even a few inches — through exercise and diet — could have important health benefits.”
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