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Maintaining a BMI between 25 and 30 kg/m2 is responsible for the majority of the population attributable risk for coronary heart disease mortality.
Keeping your BMI below 30, and ideally below 25, significantly reduces your risk of dying from heart disease. This benefit applies even if you are not clinically obese (BMI > 30).
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BMI in the range of 25—30 kg/m2 is responsible for the major part of the impact of overweight on coronary heart disease mortality.
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Based on large prospective studies cited in the paper.
Source
Time Trends in Obesity: An Epidemiological Perspective
Jacob C. Seidell · Hormone and Metabolic Research · 1997
DOI 10.1055/s-2007-979011
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