Eating fruits and vegetables could allow people predisposed to be obese to ward off the disease.
Fruits and vegetables are definitely the answer to everything. In study appeared in The American Journal of Clinical Nutritiona team of researchers suggests that a higher consumption of fruits and vegetables weakens the genetic determinism linked to obesity.
The team analyzed changes in the weight and body mass index (BMI) of nearly 13,000 people every five years over a twenty-year period. It seemed obvious that people with the highest risk of falling into obesity were also those for whom the link between high consumption of fruit and vegetables and variation in weight and BMI was the most important.
Diagnosing obesity involves calculating thebody mass index (BMI), a method that remains to this day the only simple way to estimate the fat mass of an individual. BMI is the weight (in kg) divided by the square of the height (in meters). According to the WHO classification, we speak of overweight when the BMI is greater than 25 and obese when it exceeds 30.
Choose certain types of fruit
Another conclusion of the study: the reduction in genetic risk is independent of the fiber content or the glycemic content of the fruits and vegetables consumed.
However, some fruits induce greater benefits. This is the case for berries, citrus fruits and green leafy vegetables according to the results of the study.
Obesity in France affects 15.8% of men and 15.6% of women. More generally, 1 in 2 French people is overweight, i.e. 56.8% of men and 40% of women.
Even if the risk factors of obesity are very numerous and their complex interaction, one of the truths hammered home for decades to prevent against the spread of this disease is to eat in a balanced way and therefore to eat fruits regularly. and vegetables.
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