Scientists from the United States found that the optimal body mass index is not a marker of good health at all. According to the data obtained, a large waist size is responsible for the risk of developing various types of respiratory, oncological and heart diseases.
In the study, more than half a million people from all over the world took part. It turned out that men with a waist size of 100 cm. Are 50% higher risk of death. After forty years, such men live, as a rule, three years less than those with a waist size of less than 89 cm. Women with a waist size of 93 cm are 80% more likely to die than those who have no more than 68 5 cm
In other words, an increase in waist size of five centimeters increases the risk of death by 7% in men and by 9% in women. The body mass index does not matter because it does not separate muscle and fat mass, and also does not provide information on the location of excess fat deposits.
