'Blanket' BMI assessments of diabetes risk are failing people from minority ethnic backgrounds

'Blanket' BMI assessments of diabetes risk are failing people from minority ethnic backgrounds
An outdated BMI system could be leaving people from ethnically diverse backgrounds at higher risk from type 2 diabetes.
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Use of BMI to assess type 2 diabetes risk must take ethnicity into account, researchers say
A study has found that the BMI (body mass index) system has outdated cut-offs, meaning people from diverse backgrounds are more likely to develop the disease at a much lower BMI than those from white backgrounds.
The study analysed the health records of 1.5 million adults in England who were registered with a UK GP between 1990-2018.

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