Zija's Uncle Russ

It’s The High Fructose Corn Syrup, Stupid!

~ Uncle Russ

The scope of the obesity epidemic in the United States has been greatly underestimated, according to a study published Apr. 2 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. Researchers found that the Body Mass Index (BMI) substantially under-diagnoses obesity when compared to the Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) scan, a direct simultaneous measure of body fat, muscle mass, and bone density.

Obesity epidemic in America found significantly worse than previously believed