The Los Angeles Times 
(6/6, Kaplan) "Booster Shots" blog reports, "The circumference of your
waist can tell you a lot about your chances of getting diabetes,
according to a study published Tuesday in the journal PLoS Medicine."
Investigators "looked at data on 340,234 people who were tracked for a
total of nearly four million person-years as part of a large,
multi-country study called InterAct. Half of the men were overweight
(BMI between 25 and 29.99), and another 16.4% were
obese (BMI greater than 30); among women, 33.8% were overweight and
15.8% were obese."
(6/6, Kaplan) "Booster Shots" blog reports, "The circumference of your
waist can tell you a lot about your chances of getting diabetes,
according to a study published Tuesday in the journal PLoS Medicine."
Investigators "looked at data on 340,234 people who were tracked for a
total of nearly four million person-years as part of a large,
multi-country study called InterAct. Half of the men were overweight
(BMI between 25 and 29.99), and another 16.4% were
obese (BMI greater than 30); among women, 33.8% were overweight and
15.8% were obese."
The CNN
(6/6, Gardner) "The Chart" blog reports that the researchers found
that "at the 10-year mark, 7% and 4.4% of overweight men and women with
large waists had developed diabetes, respectively. By contrast, the
corresponding figures among obese men and women with moderately large
waists were just 4.9% and 2.7%."
(6/6, Gardner) "The Chart" blog reports that the researchers found
that "at the 10-year mark, 7% and 4.4% of overweight men and women with
large waists had developed diabetes, respectively. By contrast, the
corresponding figures among obese men and women with moderately large
waists were just 4.9% and 2.7%."
WebMD
(6/6, Doheny) reports, "Obese men with a large waist (40-plus) were 22
times more likely to develop diabetes than men with a low-normal BMI
(18.5-22.4) and a smaller waist (less than 37 inches)." Meanwhile,
"obese women with a large waist (35-plus) were nearly 32 times as likely
to get diabetes than women of low-normal weight and a smaller waist
(less than 31 inches)."
(6/6, Doheny) reports, "Obese men with a large waist (40-plus) were 22
times more likely to develop diabetes than men with a low-normal BMI
(18.5-22.4) and a smaller waist (less than 37 inches)." Meanwhile,
"obese women with a large waist (35-plus) were nearly 32 times as likely
to get diabetes than women of low-normal weight and a smaller waist
(less than 31 inches)."
The UK's Press Association
(6/6) reports, "Dr Claudia Langenberg, from the Medical Research
Council (MRC) epidemiology unit in Cambridge, which led the study, said"
that "we do not suggest replacing BMI as a core health indicator, but
our results show that measuring waist size in overweight patients allows
doctors to 'zoom in' on this large population group and identify those
at highest risk of diabetes." HealthDay (6/6, Preidt) also covers the story.
(6/6) reports, "Dr Claudia Langenberg, from the Medical Research
Council (MRC) epidemiology unit in Cambridge, which led the study, said"
that "we do not suggest replacing BMI as a core health indicator, but
our results show that measuring waist size in overweight patients allows
doctors to 'zoom in' on this large population group and identify those
at highest risk of diabetes." HealthDay (6/6, Preidt) also covers the story.
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