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YouTubeIn the video below, Dr Greger makes this point:
BMI does not take fat distribution into account. Fat distribution matters! Dr Greger explains,
It’s now accepted that health risks can be determined as much by the relative distribution of the excess fat, as by its total amount. It’s not so much body fat, but visceral body fat, abdominal fat, the fat around our internal organs, that most increases our risk of dying prematurely.
All these women have the exact same BMI, but it’s the people with this so-called apple shape that tend to live the shortest.
(2 mins) Transcript. In this video, Dr Greger highlights that bodybuilders have high BMI but are not 'obese'. At the same time, "people with this so-called apple shape tend to live the shortest."
How our fats our distributed in our body makes a huge difference! Here are a few videos that explain this point.
An interesting explanation starts at offset 3:28 — why may a slim looking Filipino female (with BMI 23) have higher risk for diabetes as compared to a heavier looking African American female (with BMI 25)? It has to do where the fats on our bodies are! Under the skin or inside our organs (inside our muscles, pancreas, liver, &hellip)?
(7 mins) Transcript. The first 2-3 minutes of this video explain that fat distribution makes a huge difference to our susceptibility for chronic diseases like diabetes.
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