More Reason to Watch our Waistlines

A new study called Obesity in Asia Collaboration showed that key factors that increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes must be modified for Asians. Such factors include obesity, particularly abdominal obesity, and BMI. The study revealed that Asian men and women has increased risk of developing diabetes at lower measurements of waist circumference and BMI compared to white men and woemen. The results of the study show the need for adjustments of such body measurements if to properly and timely assess the risk for disease among Asians. Read the article in this link: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/print/news/fullstory_59535.html