An international research group has examined how many people are affected by preclinical and clinical obesity and what health risks are associated with this. The team led by Prof. Matthias Schulze from the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE) discovered that almost all people with obesity, i.e., a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30 kg/m², exhibit other measurable indications of increased body fat mass and that around 80% of affected individuals are already experiencing health-related complications. The results have been published in the journal Nature Communications.
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