Joey
10th December 2009, 06:37
Yet again, we come across another myth buster of the so-called "health risks with full waists," in the following article:
Click for link (http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2009/08/myth-of-unhealthy-belly-fat.html)
Among the many studies showing no link, the most recent null studies were two independent analyses of the most precise measurements of body size, measurements and body composition available on a large representative sample of the U.S. population conducted by the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, 1988–1994) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As senior scientists at the National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC and the National Cancer Institute reported, the data shows that no higher measurement of body shape or size — BMI; waist, hip or arm circumference; waist-hip ratio; waist-height ratio; skinfold thickness or body fat composition measured by bioelectrical impedance — is predictive of higher risks of dying from all causes. Nor was there a net benefit of using BMI versus another measurement. The data also found that NONE of the 21 diseases popularly attributed to ob***** — those “ob*****-related” diseases, including: cardiovascular disease, cancers (colon cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, kidney cancer, or pancreatic cancer) and diabetes or kidney disease — are actually associated with excess deaths at any BMI category.
....As they also noted in their review of the medical literature, while waist circumference has been more highly correlated with visceral f** than waist-hip ratio or waist-thigh ratio, studies to date have not consistently supported a correlation between abdominal f** or body f** distribution as predictive of mortality. Nor has waist circumference been consistently shown to be more strongly associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease or mortality than waist-hip ratio.
So there you have it, yet professionals STILL choose to ignore these facts!
Let's continue to share this information with each other, get more people educated about things like this.
And please excuse me now while I go fetch myself some lovely chocolate mousse to fill my beautiful, round tummy!
Click for link (http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2009/08/myth-of-unhealthy-belly-fat.html)
Among the many studies showing no link, the most recent null studies were two independent analyses of the most precise measurements of body size, measurements and body composition available on a large representative sample of the U.S. population conducted by the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, 1988–1994) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As senior scientists at the National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC and the National Cancer Institute reported, the data shows that no higher measurement of body shape or size — BMI; waist, hip or arm circumference; waist-hip ratio; waist-height ratio; skinfold thickness or body fat composition measured by bioelectrical impedance — is predictive of higher risks of dying from all causes. Nor was there a net benefit of using BMI versus another measurement. The data also found that NONE of the 21 diseases popularly attributed to ob***** — those “ob*****-related” diseases, including: cardiovascular disease, cancers (colon cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, kidney cancer, or pancreatic cancer) and diabetes or kidney disease — are actually associated with excess deaths at any BMI category.
....As they also noted in their review of the medical literature, while waist circumference has been more highly correlated with visceral f** than waist-hip ratio or waist-thigh ratio, studies to date have not consistently supported a correlation between abdominal f** or body f** distribution as predictive of mortality. Nor has waist circumference been consistently shown to be more strongly associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease or mortality than waist-hip ratio.
So there you have it, yet professionals STILL choose to ignore these facts!
Let's continue to share this information with each other, get more people educated about things like this.
And please excuse me now while I go fetch myself some lovely chocolate mousse to fill my beautiful, round tummy!