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Can your fat mass affect your mortality?

Can your fat mass affect your mortality?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
BMI Body fat Body mass index Fat Lose fat
  The reason for this research was to determine the relationship between body fat mass and fat-free mass to the risk of mortality (Sedlmeier AM, et al., 2021). Data from 7 studies were used including 16,155 individuals. Body composition was measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis and the researchers adjusted for...
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It is not only how much you weigh, but where you carry your weight that is important.

It is not only how much you weigh, but where you carry your weight that is important.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
BMI Body fat Body mass index Risk of death Waist-to-hip ratio
  The latest research on the association of body fat and the risk of death was just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a very prestigious publication (Pischon T, et al, 2008). Most of the studies in the past have relied on the body mass index (BMI) and...
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