Human Body-mass Index (Weight in kg/stature in m2) as a Useful Proxy to Assess the Relation between Income and Wildlife Consumption in Poor Rural Societies

Objectives: A literature review was conducted to identify factors associated with successful Body Mass Index (BMI) reduction interventions for Mexican origin US Hispanic/Latino populations. Data Source: An academic database search was conducted of peer-reviewed literature primarily in public health, medical anthropology, medical sociology, and biomedical databases. The key search words used were “Latino or Hispanic or Mexican”, in combination with “intervention”, “obesity”, “body mass index”, “weight reduction”, “best practices” and “lessons learned”. Inclusion Criteria: The inclusion criteria included an intervention protocol, with BMI measures, and a majority of participants identified as Mexican origin Hispanics. Search results yielded a total of 118 articles with 19 studies meeting the inclusion criteria. Results: The review found that education and the use of culturally tailored/sensitive materials are important factors in BMI reduction. In addition, the study found that family centered and community based approaches are some of the most successful evidence based practices found in the Latino health literature. Conclusions: Obesity and its sequelae disproportionately impact both US and non-US Latino/ Hispanic communities and have life-long and intergenerational consequences. The findings from this review may serve as a guide to the development of more successful interventions and best practices to address the needs of Mexican origin Latino populations.

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Body Mass Index, Weight, and Pressure Ulcer Prevalence

Journal of Nursing Care Quality ◽

10.1097/01.ncq.0000347449.83052.1a ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 127-135 ◽

Cited By ~ 69

Author(s):

Catherine VanGilder ◽

Gordon MacFarlane ◽

Stephanie Meyer ◽

Charlie Lachenbruch

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Body Mass ◽

Pressure Ulcer ◽

Index Weight

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The Human Body in Britain: Past and Future

The Economic Future in Historical Perspective ◽

10.5871/bacad/9780197263471.003.0014 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Roderick Floud

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Body Mass ◽

Human Body ◽

Standard Of Living ◽

Anthropometric Measures ◽

The Past ◽

Shed Light ◽

Material Welfare

This chapter explores evidence on the changing shape of the British human body, in particular its height and weight, in order to shed light on the past and possibly future standard of living of the British population. It focuses on anthropometric measures (based on height, weight, and body mass index) that are employed as indicators of material welfare of the population.

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Body mass index, weight-adjusted immunosuppression and the risk of acute rejection and infection after kidney transplantation: a cohort study

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ◽

10.1093/ndt/gfz095 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (12) ◽

pp. 2132-2143 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Katerina Flabouris ◽

Steven Chadban ◽

Maleeka Ladhani ◽

Matthew Cervelli ◽

Philip Clayton

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Kidney Transplantation ◽

Acute Rejection ◽

Body Mass ◽

Cox Models ◽

Fatal Infection ◽

Adult Kidney ◽

Transplant Registry ◽

Index Weight ◽

Time Varying Covariates

Abstract Background Body mass index (BMI) is associated with patient outcomes after kidney transplantation. We hypothesized that immunosuppression (IS) dosing is a contributing factor. Methods Using Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant registry data, we included all adult kidney-only transplant recipients over 2000–14 treated with prednisolone, mycophenolate and tacrolimus/cyclosporin (n = 7919). The exposure was BMI and the outcomes were time to: (i) acute rejection, (ii) fatal infection, (iii) cancer and (iv) graft; and (v) patient survival. We modelled BMI and IS dosing (in quartiles) as time-varying covariates in extended Cox models. Results Compared with a BMI of 25 kg/m2, a BMI of 35 was associated with acute rejection after adjusting for demographics and comorbidities [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) = 1.29, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.12–1.49]. This association virtually disappeared after correcting for IS (aHR = 1.09, 95% CI 0.93–1.29). A BMI of 35 was non-significantly associated with fewer fatal infections (aHR = 0.91, 95% CI 0.66–1.25), but this reversed after adjusting for IS (aHR = 1.54, 95% CI 1.03–2.28). Results for cancer were not significantly altered after adjusting for IS. Results for lower BMI were similarly not significantly altered though generally associated with worse outcomes. Conclusions Our findings show that the associations between high BMI, acute rejection and fatal infection after kidney transplantation were significantly altered after correcting for IS suggesting that relative under-dosing of obese patients may partially explain these associations.

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