Asians to redefine the criteria for obesity

Asia-Pacific region, a well-known obesity experts of the International Committee of Hong Kong, today released a report entitled "Prospects in the Asia-Pacific: redefining obesity and its treatment," the document, the Asia-Pacific region to redefine the standards of the population of obesity.
The document said that the Asians, when the BMI index (that is, the human body and the square of height ratio) over 23, have a corresponding on obesity; As for the Europeans, the index of the normal standard for the following 25 . In addition, the Asian model of obesity and the Europeans are also different, more Asians than any other population in the accumulation of abdominal fat.
According to this standard, the experts estimated that in 2010, the Asia-Pacific region as a whole will be 1.3 billion people will suffer from obesity, and there are people who suffer from obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer Risk will increase.
The significance of waist-chuan
Many people do not know the weight of the standard method of calculation, but the medical profession in Britain have found a more direct understanding of the health of the way - check your waist circumference. University of Glasgow, Britain and the Netherlands, the researchers confirmed that a joint study, waist circumference than the fact it can better reflect the weight of a person's state of health. Researchers at the age of 20-59 years old of 5800 men and 7000 women to do the investigation. They are divided into three groups of volunteers.
Small waist circumference: men's waist is less than 94 cm for women is less than 80 cm; in waist circumference: men, is 94-102 cm, 80-88 cm for women; large waist circumference: men, waist circumference greater than 102 cm, 88 cm more than women .
Survey results show that small waist circumference and waist circumference in the group's general health status better than that, waist high cholesterol group and the proportion of patients with high blood pressure than the group of small and medium-sized waistline than 2-4 times higher than the proportion of patients with diabetes 4.3 times that of patients with heart disease 3.5 times more. Therefore, if you are a large waist circumference,'ll pay attention to the health.