February 7th, 2016
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The anti-Jew.
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Jews greater sensitivity to Body Mass Index (BMI) measure may be unhealthy
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An Israeli study demonstrated that Israeli Jewish women were significantly more likely to be dissatisfied with their body weight than non-Jewish Israeli women. This may also be the situation regarding the Jewish community in the U.S. as body dissatisfaction and desire for thinness is commonplace in high-SES settings across world regions.
A new UCLA study found that millions considered overweight or obese on the BMI scale are health using better measures. The study found that nearly half, 47 percent, of overweight people and 29 percent of obese people were quite healthy. A large number of "normal" weight people, almost a third, 30 percent, were metabolically unhealthy, that is their blood pressure, triglycerides, cholesterol, glucose, insulin resistance and C reactive protein data--markers that are linked with heart disease were in the unhealthy range.
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http://www.jewishjournal.com/demogra...y_be_unhealthy
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