Novel BMI cutoff points for obesity diagnosis in older Hispanic adults.

Current body mass index (BMI) cutoff points (≥ 30 kg/m) underestimate obesity prevalence in older adults. The aim of the present study was to propose new BMI cutoff points for identifying obesity in older Hispanic adults. In this study, new internally derived (ID) BMI cutoff point for obesity in older Hispanic adults was developed by analyzing data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey of 2018-2019 from Mexico.