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EDIS, 2013 Santa Claus, Winnie the Pooh®, and Shrek® … what do these three characters have in common? You probably know them for being jolly and for having extra fat around their waists, also known as “abdominal obesity.” Although this may be cute in fairy tales or
Erica Bub, Karla Shelnutt, Gail Kauwell
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Obesity, Abdominal Obesity and Alzheimer Disease
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 2006 <i>Background/Aims:</i> Obesity has a strong association with vascular and metabolic diseases, which have been linked with Alzheimer disease (AD). While recent studies have reported an association between mid-life obesity and dementia, the role of later-life obesity is less clear. This study investigated the relation between AD, obesity and
Razay, G, Vreugdenhil, A, Wilcock, G
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Abdominal obesity, dynapenia and dynapenic-abdominal obesity as factors associated with falls [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 2019 To investigate whether abdominal obesity, dynapenia and dynapenic-abdominal obesity are associated to the prevalence of single or recurrent falls in older adults.We analyzed data from 1,046 community-dwelling participants of the SABE Study (Saúde, Bem-estar e Envelhecimento/Health, Well-Being and Ageing).
Jair Lício Ferreira Santos +2 more
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Obesity Fact Sheet in Korea, 2019: Prevalence of Obesity and Abdominal Obesity from 2009 to 2018 and Social Factors [PDF]
Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, 2020 Background : The prevalence of obesity has rapidly increased in countries across the world in recent decades. The 2019 Obesity Fact Sheet released by the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity addressed the prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity ...
Ga Eun Nam +9 more
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Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
Annals of Medicine, 1992 Abdominal obesity in man is an integrated part of the Metabolic Syndrome, and is associated with a complex neuroendocrine disturbance. Its consequences for the metabolism of the periphery seems to be insulin resistance caused by a combination of a relative hypercortisolaemia and a relative deficiency of sex steroid hormones.
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Obesity and the obesity paradox in abdominal aortic aneurysm
Frontiers in EndocrinologyObesity, characterized by its complexity and heterogeneity, has emerged as a significant public health concern. Its association with increased incidence and mortality of cardiovascular diseases stems not only from its complications and comorbidities but also from the endocrine effects of adipose tissue.
Maolin Zhong
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Annals of Medicine, 2021 Objectives Our aim was to investigate in a real-life setting the use of machine learning for modelling the postprandial glucose concentrations in morbidly obese patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or one-anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB ...
Reza A. Ashrafi +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 The association between obesity and vertebral fracture remains controversial. This study aimed to investigate the association between obesity/abdominal obesity and vertebral fracture according to menopausal status.
HyunJin Kim +7 more
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Diabetes Epidemiology and Management, 2023 Background: Both abdominal obesity and diabetes are two major public health problems in India. This study aimed to find out the association between abdominal obesity and diabetes in Indian adult population using nationally representative National Family ...
Rajat Das Gupta +2 more
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Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2020 Obesity is an important public health concern with limited effective treatment options. Internet-based technologies offer a cost-effective means to treat obesity. However, most of the online programs have been of short duration, have focused on a limited
L-U. Suojanen +4 more
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