Raised BMI cut-off for overweight in Greenland Inuit:A review

Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and premature death. Obesity rates have increased worldwide and the WHO recommends monitoring. A steep rise in body mass index (BMI), a measure of adiposity, was detected in Greenland from 1963 to 1998. Interestingly, the BMI starting point was in the o...

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Published in:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Main Authors: Andersen, Stig, Rex, Karsten Fleischer, Noahsen, Paneeraq, Sørensen, Hans Christian Florian, Mulvad, Gert, Laurberg, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Circumpolar Health
Greenland
International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Online Access:https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/82fcef90-54e1-44b9-8172-fe778398c790
https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21086
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Summary:Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and premature death. Obesity rates have increased worldwide and the WHO recommends monitoring. A steep rise in body mass index (BMI), a measure of adiposity, was detected in Greenland from 1963 to 1998. Interestingly, the BMI starting point was in the overweight range. This is not conceivable in a disease-free, physically active, pre-western hunter population.

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