Genetic ancestry influences body shape and obesity risk in Latin American populations.

ABSTRACT: Obesity is not simply a matter of excess weight. It also involves changes in structure and proportion in body morphology that can vary between populations and within individuals as they develop and age. Anthropometric measurements and their derived indices are widely used to study obesity. However, they present limitations to capture variations of fat distribution in the human body within a given population, and among different populations. Particularly, currently a problem in epidemiology is that cut-off points and health risk classifications based on anthropometric measures such as BMI, WHR or WHtR may not be equally valid for all population groups, especially when there are differences in genetic ancestry. Using data from [Formula: see text] Latin American adults, we evaluated the accur

SUBMITTER: Trujillo-Jimenez MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12552492 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature