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Gazzetta Medica Italiana - Archivio per le Scienze Mediche 2022 December;181(12):977-85

DOI: 10.23736/S0393-3660.22.04879-3

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The correlation between obesity and death of old population in Peking

Junxin HUANG ¹, Kaikai GUO ², Penghui WANG ², Chunxi WANG ¹ ✉

¹ College of Clinical Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Province Hainan, Medical University, Haikou Cina; ² College of Basic Medicine and Life Sciences, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China

Obesity nowadays is an important factor for death all over the world. This review aims at figuring out the seriousness of obesity and find out the suitable quotas for investigating the development and treatment of it. BMI, WC, WHtR, BAI, WHR and ABSI have their own characters in different aspects. We crucially discussed the question how to use them to inflect the situation of obesity better and the treatment of it. We believe it can help us to face with the new problems about obesity and find out the new methods in the future.

KEY WORDS: Obesity; Death; Body Mass Index; Waist circumference; Waist-Height Ratio; Waist-Hip Ratio