{"id":37800,"date":"2010-12-16T16:09:06","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T21:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=37800"},"modified":"2011-12-27T16:24:28","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T21:24:28","slug":"national-institutes-of-health-calculate-the-ideal-bmi-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/national-institutes-of-health-calculate-the-ideal-bmi-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"National Institutes of Health Calculate the Ideal BMI for Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Healthy<\/a>A massive study conducted by the National Institutes of Health<\/a> (NIH) has calculated a new range of Body Mass Index<\/a> (BMI) associated with the lowest risk of death from any cause in non-smoking adults. They determined that adults with a BMI between 20.0 and 24.9 are at the lowest risk of death. The study also gives a more precise estimate of the increased risk of death associated with being overweight and obese. The Centers for Disease Control currently define normal BMI as between 18.5 and 24.9.<\/p>\n

“By combining data on nearly 1.5 million participants from 19 studies we were able to evaluate a wide range of BMI<\/a> levels and other characteristics that may influence the relationship between excess weight and risk of death,” said Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, D.Phil., lead author of the study.<\/p>\n

They found that overweight women who had never smoked and were otherwise healthy were 13 percent more likely to die within the period of the study than women with a BMI between 22.5 and 24.9. Obese women<\/a> had a dramatically higher risk. Women with a BMI of 30.0 to 34.9 had a 44 percent increased risk of death, while women with a BMI of 35.0 to 39.9 had a 88 percent higher risk of death.<\/p>\n

However, one major limitation to the study is that the study was limited to non-Hispanic white women. Further analysis is underway to study the relation between BMI and mortality in other ethnic groups.<\/p>\n

Calculate your BMI<\/strong><\/p>\n

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