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BMI, Obesity & Lifestyle
Obesity triples risk of heart disease and diabetes; India has 135 million obese โ world's 3rd highest
Belgium ๐ 1832 Fitness & Wellness
Key Facts
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BMI (Body Mass Index) = weight(kg) / height(m)ยฒ; WHO: underweight <18.5, normal 18.5โ24.9, obese โฅ30
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India: 135 million obese (2023); "thin-fat Indians" โ slim externally but high visceral fat around organs
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Obesity causes: diabetes (type 2), hypertension, sleep apnoea, joint disease, 13 types of cancer, PCOS
๐ Did you know? Adolphe Quetelet invented BMI in 1832 as a statistical tool โ it was never meant to diagnose obesity in individuals
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Fitness & Wellness
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๐ Belgium
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1832
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Obesity triples risk of heart disease and diabetes