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Blanket BMI assessments of diabetes risk are failing people from minority ethnic backgrounds An outdated BMI system could be leaving people from ethnically diverse backgrounds at higher risk from type 2 diabetes. © Reuters 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risk must take ethnicity into account, researchers say A study has found that the BMI (body mass index) system has outdated cut-offs, meaning people from diverse backgrounds are more likely to develop the disease at a much lower BMI than those from white backgrounds.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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