Japan may soon have a new definition of fatness:
The Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO) is considering including women with a body mass index (BMI)?a measure of weight relative to height?of below 25 but a waist circumference of above 80 centimeters as excessively fat.
People with a BMI of less than 25 are not considered overweight under current guidelines.
The government-set conditions for being obese include a BMI of 25 or more, health problems such as a lipid abnormality and high-blood pressure, and having an abdominal girth of 85 centimeters or more for men and 90 centimeters or more for women.
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry uses these figures when deciding whether a person has metabolic syndrome in a special health check program for people aged from 40 to 74.
However, experts have pointed out that the risk of arteriosclerosis and other health problems increases for people with excessive visceral fat even if their BMI is below 25.
I am not sure what percentage of the Japanese population would be considered obese under the JASSO or Japanese government standards, but a recent English language news article states that Japan?s rate of obesity is 2.9 percent for men and 3.3 percent for women.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JapanProbe/~3/23j9wYGqdrU/
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