Obesity

World Health Organization questions existing fat standards for Asians

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 25th, 2002

Some Asians who seem healthy - by current global standards - may actually be carrying too much fat and could be in danger of obesity-related diseases, health experts said at a July 2002 conference in Singapore.

Asians tend to weigh less and look thinner than Caucasians, but they carry relatively more body fat, experts said. So, a glance in the mirror may not reveal the risk of weight-related health problems such as high blood pressure.

"We are fatter, even though we look slim," said Mabel Yap, a research scientist currently working with Singapore's Health Promotion Board.

Yap said that while Singapore has very few obese people -...

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