Editing Body mass index (section)

==== United Kingdom ====
In the UK, [[National Institute for Health and Care Excellence|NICE]] guidance recommends prevention of type 2 diabetes should start at a BMI of 30 in White and 27.5 in [[Black British people|Black African]], [[British African-Caribbean people|African-Caribbean]], [[South Asians in the United Kingdom|South Asian]], and [[British Chinese|Chinese]] populations.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2022-07-26 |title=Diabetes: putting people at the heart of services |url=https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/collection/diabetes-putting-people-at-the-heart-of-services/ |journal=NIHR Evidence |type=Plain English summary |language=en |publisher=National Institute for Health and Care Research |doi=10.3310/nihrevidence_52026 |s2cid=251299176|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Research since 2021 based on a large sample of almost 1.5 million people in England found that some ethnic groups would benefit from prevention at or above a BMI of (rounded):<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2022-03-10 |title=Are you at risk of diabetes? Research finds prevention should start at a different BMI for each ethnic group |url=https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/diabetes-prevention-should-start-at-different-bmi-for-each-ethnic-group/ |journal=NIHR Evidence |type=Plain English summary |language=en |publisher=National Institute for Health and Care Research |doi=10.3310/alert_48878 |s2cid=247390548|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Caleyachetty R, Barber TM, Mohammed NI, Cappuccio FP, Hardy R, Mathur R, Banerjee A, Gill P | title = Ethnicity-specific BMI cutoffs for obesity based on type 2 diabetes risk in England: a population-based cohort study | journal = The Lancet. Diabetes & Endocrinology | volume = 9 | issue = 7 | pages = 419–426 | date = July 2021 | pmid = 33989535 | pmc = 8208895 | doi = 10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00088-7 }}</ref>
* 30 in White
* 28 in Black
** just below 30 in Black British
** 29 in Black African
** 27 in Black Other
** 26 in Black Caribbean
* 27 in Arab and Chinese
* 24 in South Asian
** 24 in Pakistani, Indian and Nepali
** 23 in Tamil and Sri Lankan
** 21 in [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]