- 著者
- C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor Rie Goto
- 出版者
- Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology
- 雑誌
- Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (ISSN:18806791)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.26, no.2, pp.109-112, 2007 (Released:2007-04-15)
- 参考文献数
- 7
- 被引用文献数
- 30 50
Use of BMI as a surrogate for body fat percentage is debatable and universal BMI cut-off points do not seem appropriate; lower cut-off points than currently recommended by WHO should be used in some populations, especially in Asia. The adult WHO BMI database indicates that, on average, women are more obese than men, while men are more likely to be pre-obese than women. Urban rates of overweight and obesity are generally higher than rural rates in both sexes. The trend in pre-obesity and obesity over time is generally upward, with very marked increases in the USA and UK in both sexes over the last 10 years.