27 Mar BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium
Posted at 09:25h
in Research
Is body mass index (BMI) relentlessly increasing in NZ, or plateauing?
In this blog we present trends in BMI by ethnicity in NZ going back to the 1980s. Over the last four decades the annual increase in BMI is linear, relentless increasing; no sign of a plateau, yet. Given this trend, The Diabesity Crisis symposium just held in Auckland, under the auspices of the Better Start and Healthier Lives National Science Challenges and Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research seems aptly named.