High Blood Pressure Not Linked to Weight? :

Fascinating research (published in the Epidemiology Journal ) shows that the link between high blood pressure and BMI is a lot more tenuous that first thought.

The percentage of people who were overweight, defined as a BMI of 25 or more, increased from 39 percent to 60 percent between 1989 and 2004.

However, the association between BMI and BP decreased "substantially and consistently" between 1989 and 2004, irrespective of sex, ( via )

The research was undertaken on the island nation of Seychelles (Indian Ocean) - where BMI rose over a 15 year period - but high blood pressure stayed at the same levels.

The researchers wonder whether the "impact of the overweight epidemic on cardiovascular disease might be less important than predicted."

This, again, highlights how BMI is not necessarily a reliable health indicator.

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