Is higher Body Mass Index associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic disease in the UK Biobank cohort?
Higher BMI is associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases, supporting the need for public health policies to address increasing obesity levels.
The results of this study add to the burgeoning evidence of an association between higher BMI and increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases. This finding has relevance for public health policies in many countries with increasing obesity levels.
Lyall et al. (Wed,) studied this question.
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