People with learning disabilities progress faster to severe type 2 diabetes 🩹 and are at greater risk of dying ⚰️ from their condition than people without these disabilities, research suggests.
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People with learning disabilities seem to progress faster to severe type 2 diabetes
People with learning disabilities progress faster to severe type 2 diabetes and are at greater risk of dying from their condition than people without these disabilities, suggests research published in the open access journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Control.
According to a new study, BMI may do more harm than good when used. It cannot distinguish between muscle and fat 💪🏽🍔, doesn’t account for where fat is distributed in the body 🏋️♀️📍 and overlooks factors like age, sex and race 🌍👩🏽🦳👨🏻🦰. Two people can share the same BMI but have completely different health profiles 🩺⚖️.
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University of Waterloo
Think your BMI reflects your health? Think again, study warns
As new Statistics Canada data reveals that two-thirds of Canadians are considered overweight or obese, researchers are urging the public and policymakers to rethink how we define and measure health —
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