It’s getting hot in here: Climate & Health Seminar Series

“BMI = Body Mass Index, or more like Bad Measure Ick”

Aayush Visaria, MD, MPH, Core Member, Rutgers Center for Climate, Health, and Healthcare & Instructor, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

On April 7th, I invite you to believe that BMI is destiny, that two people with the same body size share the same cardiometabolic future, and that adiposity is merely a matter of mass. Then, we will tear that down and entertain the idea that kilograms per meter squared does not capture the biological complexity of obesity. This seminar will present epidemiologic evidence demonstrating that fat distribution, ectopic deposition, tissue quality, inflammatory signaling, and redox biology all shape metabolic risk and that misrepresentation of adiposity may exacerbate disparities.

Hybrid seminar held at IFH in the 5th Floor Conference Room and via Zoom: