Lower BMI cutoffs to define overweight and obesity in China

Objective To investigate ethnic difference in the associations of BMI with comorbidity, mortality, and body composition between mainland Chinese and U.S. whites. Methods Ethnic‐comparison study using data from China Health and Nutrition Survey, U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and data from Zhejiang University (China) and Columbia University (U.S.). Results Chinese people experienced greater odds of comorbidities than...