6 Jul 2023

High BMI not as bad as feared: study

From Morning Report, 8:50 am on 6 July 2023

Having a high body mass index (BMI) in itself probably won't lead to an early death if you are otherwise healthy.

That's according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS One by two researchers at Rutgers University in the US.

Boyd Swinburn, a Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health at Auckland University, spoke to Corin Dann.