{"id":3125,"date":"2022-10-14T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T06:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laugaunutristg.wpenginepowered.com\/le-lien-entre-le-poids-et-la-sante-quen-penser\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:34:13","slug":"the-link-between-weight-and-health-what-to-think-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laugaunutrition.com\/en\/the-link-between-weight-and-health-what-to-think-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The link between weight and health: what to think about it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3125\" class=\"elementor elementor-3125 elementor-2931\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-220a599 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"220a599\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78d8435\" data-id=\"78d8435\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89e4cff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"89e4cff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Based on a healthy weight, is this the solution?\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d996f88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d996f88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe hesitated for a long time to broach the topic today. Indeed, the link between body weight and health is a thorny subject, often tinged with fatphobia, even among many health professionals (who can, like all humans, have biased comments). However, we believe in the relevance of looking into the question and separating the true from the false, based on the most objective data possible. We will begin the two-article series on this topic by discussing the concept of healthy weights.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d4ebde elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d4ebde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 1 \u2013 What is healthy weight?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d35c26c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d35c26c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We often hear about the importance of maintaining a healthy weight, which for many people is automatically associated with being thin.<\/p><p>For the majority, these terms are implicitly linked to the body mass index (BMI): a quick calculation consisting of the ratio of the weight (in kg) to the height of a person (in m) squared. This formula makes it possible to classify the weight in categories:<\/p><ul><li>Insufficient weight,<\/li><li>Normal weight,<\/li><li>Overweight (or overweight),<\/li><li>Class 1 obesity,<\/li><li>Class 2 obesity<\/li><li>Class 3 obesity.<\/li><\/ul><p><br \/>The category with the lowest risk of developing health problems would be the normal weight category.<\/p><p>Despite the fact that BMI has been widely questioned in recent years, many health professionals have used BMI as a reference for a long time, without even worrying about its origin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3da0c92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3da0c92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The history of BMI and its impact on healthy weight\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bf084c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bf084c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The BMI (originally called the <em>Quetelet Index<\/em>) was created in the 1830s by an astronomer and statistician named Adolphe Quetelet, who sought to determine the characteristics of the average man and show the distribution of these characteristics in the population he was studying: young adult European males.<\/p><p>The BMI was therefore established solely for statistical purposes for a given population and not for the purpose of determining a healthy weight for each individual. Initially, even once popularized, this formula was deemed inadequate for individual assessment. It is as a result that not only its classification was modified (you now had to have a lower weight to be in the normal weight category!), but also its function.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a44ec3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a44ec3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BMI limits\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11a82f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11a82f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Despite its popularity, BMI has several limitations. It ignores several important data in the analysis of the risk of developing diseases:<\/p><p><strong style=\"color: #000;\">&#8211; The gender of the person<\/strong><\/p><p>The same formula is used for all while body composition and genetics (among other things) are different.<\/p><p><strong style=\"color: #000;\">&#8211; Age <\/strong><\/p><p>The body changes as you age, but the BMI categories do not.<\/p><p><strong style=\"color: #000;\">&#8211; Ethnicity<\/strong><\/p><p>Genetics and ethnicity influence weight, height, body composition and susceptibility to certain health problems. They should be taken into account.<\/p><p><strong style=\"color: #000;\">&#8211; Body composition<\/strong><\/p><p>BMI does not differentiate between the amount of fat tissue and the amount of muscle tissue. So someone with a low body fat percentage could theoretically fall into the same category as someone with less muscle but a high body fat percentage.<\/p><p><strong style=\"color: #000;\">&#8211; Body fat location<\/strong><\/p><p>The adipose tissue located at the abdominal level (especially that around the internal organs) would be associated with a higher risk of suffering from diseases than that located at the level of the lower body (hips, buttocks, thighs). However, BMI does not provide this information.<\/p><p>These limitations make BMI an inaccurate tool for predicting the risk of suffering from diseases. On the other hand, it has been widely used in scientific studies to classify weight; that is why we will have to continue talking about BMI categories to report the results in this article.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94f391b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94f391b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What the research says about BMI\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60a859c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60a859c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to several scientific studies, it is not necessarily the BMI category of normal weight that would be associated with the lowest risk of mortality, nor even the only category that would present a low risk. Indeed, having a BMI in the overweight category would (depending on the study) either be associated with the lowest mortality risk of all categories, or be associated with a relatively low mortality risk.<\/p><p>A study questioning the effect that BMI would make it possible to determine cardiometabolic health (based on the blood tests of 40,420 participants), showed that 70% of people in the normal weight category; almost 50% in the overweight category; 29% in the class 1 obesity category; and 16% in the obesity class 2 and 3 categories, were in good cardiometabolic health!<\/p><p>Certainly, the number of people with metabolic problems increases with BMI, while in each category there are significant chances of being wrong if only this indicator is used.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c0eabe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c0eabe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">There are other indicators for weight and health\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d003d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d003d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nThis means once again that BMI is not an adequate predictor of health, but also that the link between weight and health is more complex than it seems. Regardless of the degree of influence of the figure on the scale, more reliable indicators exist to establish individual consistency between the weight and the health of each, such as the blood test.\n<br><Br>\nIn the next article, we will look at the impacts of the weight-centric approach as well as the limitations of the research that seems to prove that weight influences health.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5593e81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5593e81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><strong>References:<\/strong><\/div><div>Aune D, Sen A, Prasad M, Norat T, Janszky I, Tonstad S, Romundstad P, Vatten LJ. BMI<br \/>and all cause mortality: systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis<br \/>of 230 cohort studies with 3.74 million deaths among 30.3 million participants. BMJ.<br \/>2016 May 4;353:i2156. doi: 10.1136\/bmj.i2156. PMID: 27146380; PMCID: PMC4856854.<br \/>Hunger, J.M., Smith, J.P. and Tomiyama, A.J. (2020), An Evidence-Based Rationale for<br \/>Adopting Weight-Inclusive Health Policy. Social Issues and Policy Review, 14: 73-107.<br \/>doi:10.1111\/sipr.12062<br \/>Mauldin K, May M, Clifford D. The consequences of a weight\u2010centric approach to<br \/>healthcare: a case for a paradigm shift in how clinicians address body weight. Nutr Clin<br \/>Practice 2022;1\u201016. doi:10.1002\/ncp.10885<br \/>Nuttall, Frank Q. MD, PhD. Body Mass Index: Obesity, BMI, and Health. Nutrition Today:<br \/>May\/June 2015 &#8211; Volume 50 &#8211; Issue 3 &#8211; p 117-128 doi: 10.1097\/NT.0000000000000092<br \/>Tomiyama AJ, Hunger JM, Nguyen\u2010Cuu J, Wells C. Misclassification of cardiometabolic<br \/>health when using body mass index categories in NHANES 2005\u20132012. Int J Obes. 2016;40(5):883\u2010886. doi:10.1038\/ijo.2<\/div><div>016.17<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71861d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71861d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMaude Martinez, Nutritionist, Dt.P\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on a healthy weight, is this the solution? We hesitated for a long time to broach the topic today. 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