Study: "Obesity" increases the causes of death

A new study on Wednesday showed that people who have a body mass index in the excess weight category have no more deaths than those classified into the ‘obesity’ category. The study, published in the magazine ‘Plus One’, comes in light of the weight of the population in the rich and poor countries. In the United States, for example, more than 70% of adults suffer from extra weight or obesity. The results of the study, according to the authors, Ayouch Vesaria, and Souko Stejuchi, from the University of Rutgers in New Jersey, showed that other indicators, such as measuring excessive distribution of body fat, provide additional information on the status of a healthy person. The body mass index used in the medical field is increasingly considered a limited instrument to judge the person’s health condition. “I think what people have to pull out is that the body mass index is not alone in the right measure of their health.” He added that this indicator “has its benefits” because “the account is simple and easily available”, which emphasizes the need to take into account other factors such as middle standards, bone density and muscle mass index. He pointed out that weight gain is still linked to diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, adding: “I met people with similar body mass indicators, but different health problems.” The study analyzed the data of 550,000 US adults who underwent a major survey between 1999 and 2018, in addition to a database on deaths dating from 2019. More than 75,000 people died during the study period. Information was collected on the body mass index in the study participants, calculated based on the weight and length of a person, and other factors such as physical exercises they do, whether they are smokers, or if they are at risk of developing chronic diseases. The results showed that people whose body mass index ranged between 25 and 30 and classified in the excess weight category did not show a growing threat to death compared to those who enjoy a body mass index between 22.5 and less than 25. ‘Obesity’. As a result, the person with excessive obesity (body mass index 40 or more), and he never smoked the risk of death twice more than a smoked person and with a ‘natural’ body mass index. In an interview with ‘Agence France Presse’, a biomedical expert at the Kadamram Institute in Britain, George Sava said by saying, ‘This is a wonderful study with a representative sample.’ Previous studies have shown that a relationship between weight gain and the high risk of death. To explain these new results, George Sava indicated that diseases associated with weight gain, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure, get better care for it. “So we have to wait for how the relationship between weight and death will change over time,” he said. The professor at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, Navid on Saturday, pointed out that the relationship between death and the body mass index “may not be the most important measure because many chronic illnesses are treated better.” He continued, “But we also realize that the weight, the higher the risk of health problems such as diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure and kidney failure,” adds that “these diseases harm the quality and happiness of people. Also read: