Any one looked at South Asian BMI chart? What is your understanding?

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What is the relationship between South Asian BMI and type 2 diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes "Is it over weight or genetic?" "How do we find this out?"

"Type 2 diabetes can be triggered by a ‘weight threshold’ meaning millions could avoid it by controlling their eating – and most cases of the condition are REVERSIBLE, study finds

Researchers looked at the genes of almost 500,000 people in the UK

Those with the highest BMI had an 11-fold increased risk of type 2 diabetes

This was regardless of genetic risk, showing BMI to be more important

It suggests keeping weight down does help to prevent or reverse the condition"