WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — BMI was significantly associated with functional disability in patients with MS, as were additional variables related to BMI, according to a study presented at ACTRIMS Forum.
“We know that (being) overweight and obesity are pandemic diseases in Mexico, the United States and all over the world,” Claudia N. Esparza Hernandez, of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Mexico, said in the presentation, “and it has an impact on a lot of diseases, including multiple sclerosis.”
Esparza Hernandez and colleagues sought to