都说澳大利亚人体型是全世界最壮观的，同时也是糖尿病多发国之一。实际上澳洲政府是相当关注国民的健康教育，以下这篇文章便是来源于澳洲政府健康官网。

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中文名：体重指数

Body mass index, or BMI, is one way to assess whether your weight is in the healthy range. The BMI combines a person’s height and weight to form a measure that can help predict their risk of developing disease. 

Another useful measure of determining whether you could be at risk of obesity-related chronic diseases is your waist circumference. Waist circumference is a better predictor than BMI of type two diabetes in women and of cardiovascular disease.

Health researchers have found BMI to be a good indicator for the health and lifespan of adults – not necessarily for an individual, but for a group of people who have the same BMI. For example, researchers have shown that a group of people with BMIs of 30, is more likely to have serious illness and die younger, on average, than a group of people with BMIs of 20.

Although BMI is not a perfect measure, it is generally agreed to be the most useful and valid for adults. Its use is recommended by the World Health Organization and in the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, Adolescents and Children in Australia.

中文译文

身体体重指数或BMI是评估您的体重是否在健康范围内的一种方法。 BMI结合了一个人的身高和体重，形成一个可以帮助预测他们发展疾病风险的衡量标准。

确定您是否可能患有肥胖相关慢性疾病的另一个有用措施是您的腰围。腰围是女性和心血管疾病中BMI高于二型糖尿病的预测指标。

健康研究人员发现BMI是成人健康和寿命的一个很好的指标 - 不一定是个人，而是一群BMI相同的人。例如，研究人员已经表明，一组体重指数为30的人平均比一组体重指数为20的人群更可能患有严重疾病并且更年轻。

虽然BMI不是一个完美的衡量标准，但它通常被认为对成年人来说是最有用和最有效的。世界卫生组织和“澳大利亚成年人，青少年和儿童超重和肥胖症管理临床实践指南”建议使用该指标。

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