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An Obesity Dietary Quality Index Predicts Abdominal Obesity in Women: Potential Opportunity for New Prevention and Treatment Paradigms

Journal of Obesity, 2010
Background. Links between dietary quality and abdominal obesity are poorly understood. Objective. To examine the association between an obesity-specific dietary quality index and abdominal obesity risk in women. Methods.
Dolores M. Wolongevicz, Lei Zhu, Michael J. Pencina, Ruth W. Kimokoti, P. K. Newby, Ralph B. D'Agostino, Barbara E. Millen   +6 more
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Monitoring and assessment for obstructive sleep apnea

FlexMat, EarlyView.
This review systematically classifies Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) monitoring indicators into three categories: physical, biochemical, and electrophysiological indicators, and lists several methods for each category. Abstract Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common chronic sleep‐disordered breathing disease characterized by recurrent upper airway ...
Yaowen Xu, Feifei Lin, Shujiao Chen, Zhen You, Shujing Zhu, Weiwei Zhao, Qiang Zhao   +6 more
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Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Obesity in Women with Abdominal Obesity

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of auricular acupressure on reducing obesity in adult women with abdominal obesity.The study design was a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Participants were 58 women, aged 20 years or older, assigned to the experimental group (n=30) or control group (n=28).
Hyun Su, Cha, Hyojung, Park
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Aloe vera in Food Preservation: Harnessing Bioactive Constituents for Clean‐Label Innovation and Safety Assurance

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Aloe vera‐derived biopolymers and nanoformulations enhance antimicrobial, antioxidant, and barrier functions in clean‐label edible coatings and films, whereas safety‐critical anthraquinone thresholds and regulatory constraints shape their translational potential.
Acharya Balkrishna, Hemant Sharma, Sonam Verma, Amar Jeet, Sumit Kumar Singh, Sharad Kumar Tripathi, Vedpriya Arya   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adipose tissue NAD+-homeostasis, sirtuins and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases -important players in mitochondrial metabolism and metabolic health

Redox Biology, 2017
Obesity, a chronic state of energy overload, is characterized by adipose tissue dysfunction that is considered to be the major driver for obesity associated metabolic complications.
Riikka Jokinen, Sini Pirnes-Karhu, Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Eija Pirinen   +3 more
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Abdominal obesity and the prevalence of diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia in Chinese adults

, 2009
Objective: To assess the association of indicators of general and abdominal obesity with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and intermediate hyperglycaemia (IHG) in the Chinese population.
Yang, X., Feskens, E.J.M., Veer, P., van 't, He, Y., Zhai, F., Fu, P., van 't Veer, P., Zhang, J., Ma, G.   +8 more
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Marine Macroalgae as a Safe Healthy Food While Meeting Food Security Challenges Arising From Climate Changes

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Planned harvesting and processing of marine macroalgae could meet future global food needs and mitigate fuel‐originated carbon dioxide responsible for climate change. Microalgal foods are nutritious and safe. The utilization of macroalgae would avoid environmental problems arising from the release of overgrowing macroalgae caused by heatwaves, which ...
Upali Samarajeewa
wiley   +1 more source

The association between body mass index and abdominal obesity with hypertension among South Asian population: findings from nationally representative surveys

Clinical Hypertension
Objective This study aimed to determine the association between body mass index (BMI) and abdominal obesity with hypertension among the South Asian adults (18–69 years).
Rajat Das Gupta, Ateeb Ahmad Parray, Rohan Jay Kothadia, Orindom Shing Pulock, Susmita Dey Pinky, Shams Shabab Haider, Maxwell Akonde, Mohammad Rifat Haider   +7 more
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Healthy Eating Index and abdominal obesity

Public Health Nutrition, 2009
AbstractObjectiveAlthough diet is a modifiable lifestyle factor to reduce abdominal obesity risk, the relationship between the Health Eating Index (HEI) and waist circumference (WC) has not been studied. The present study aimed to describe relationships between the HEI and abdominal obesity among adults.DesignSecondary data analysis of a cross ...
Desiree L, Tande, Rhonda, Magel, Bradford N, Strand   +2 more
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Abdominal obesity: causal factor or simply a symptom of obesity-related health risk

, 2014
Sechang Oh,1 Kiyoji Tanaka,2 Jin-won Noh,3 Rina So,2,4 Takehiko Tsujimoto,2 Hiroyuki Sasai,1,4 Mijung Kim,5 Junichi Shoda11Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; 2Faculty of Health and Sports Science, University of Tsukuba ...
Noh JW, Sasai H, Oh S, So R, Shoda J, Tsujimoto T, Tanaka K, Kim M   +7 more
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