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Ethnicity-specific BMI cutoffs for obesity based on type 2 diabetes risk in England: a population-based cohort study

BACKGROUND: National and global recommendations for BMI cutoffs to trigger action to prevent obesity-related complications like type 2 diabetes among non-White populations are questionable. We aimed to prospectively identify ethnicity-specific BMI cutoffs for obesity based on the risk of type 2 diab...

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Autores principales: Caleyachetty, Rishi, Barber, Thomas M, Mohammed, Nuredin Ibrahim, Cappuccio, Francesco P, Hardy, Rebecca, Mathur, Rohini, Banerjee, Amitava, Gill, Paramjit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Lancet, Diabetes & Endocrinology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8208895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33989535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00088-7