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Prevalence and geographic variation of abdominal obesity in 7- and 9-year-old children in Greece; World Health Organization Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative 2010

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background In children, abdominal obesity is a better predictor of the presence of cardiovascular risk factors than body mass index (BMI)-defined obesity.
Maria Hassapidou, Themistoklis Tzotzas, Evangelia Makri, Ioannis Pagkalos, Ioannis Kaklamanos, Efthymios Kapantais, Annet Abrahamian, Antonis Polymeris, Konstantinos Tziomalos   +8 more
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Proportion and Characteristics of the Subjects with Low Muscle Mass and Abdominal Obesity among the Newly Diagnosed and Drug-Naïve Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients [PDF]

Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2018
BackgroundSarcopenic obesity (SO) is a serious public health concern, few studies have examined the clinical implications of SO in newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.
Jung A Kim, Soon Young Hwang, Hye Soo Chung, Nam Hoon Kim, Ji A Seo, Sin Gon Kim, Nan Hee Kim, Kyung Mook Choi, Sei Hyun Baik, Hye Jin Yoo   +9 more
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Dietary determinants of changes in waist circumference adjusted for body mass index - a proxy measure of visceral adiposity [PDF]

, 2010
Background Given the recognized health effects of visceral fat, the understanding of how diet can modulate changes in the phenotype “waist circumference for a given body mass index (WCBMI)”, a proxy measure of visceral adiposity, is deemed necessary ...
A, D.L., van der, Angquist, L., Boeing, H., Feskens, E.J.M., Forouhi, N.G., Halkjaer, J., Huaidong, D.U., Jakobsen, M.U., Masala, G., Overvad, K., Palli, D., Riboli, E., Romaguera, D., Sorensen, T., Steffen, A., Tjonneland, A., Wareham, N.   +16 more
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Vacuum Therapy Versus Abdominal Exercises on Abdominal Obesity

International Journal of Physiotherapy, 2016
Background: Obesity is a medical condition that may adversely affect wellbeing and leading to increased incidence of many health problems. Abdominal obesity tends to be associated with weight gain and obesity and it is significantly connected with different disorders like coronary heart disease and type II diabetes mellitus.This study was conducted to ...
Nevein Mohammed Mohammed Gharib, Reham Hussein Diab   +1 more
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Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Mary Fewtrell, Julie Lanigan, Breeana Gardiner, Graeme O'Connor   +5 more
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Intestinal peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor α‐fatty acid‐binding protein 1 axis modulates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Background and Aims Peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor α (PPARα) regulates fatty acid transport and catabolism in liver. However, the role of intestinal PPARα in lipid homeostasis is largely unknown. Here, intestinal PPARα was examined for its modulation of obesity and NASH. Approach and Results Intestinal PPARα was activated and fatty
Tingting Yan, Yuhong Luo, Nana Yan, Keisuke Hamada, Nan Zhao, Yangliu Xia, Ping Wang, Changdong Zhao, Dan Qi, Shoumei Yang, Lulu Sun, Jie Cai, Qiong Wang, Changtao Jiang, Oksana Gavrilova, Kristopher W. Krausz, Daxesh P. Patel, Xiaoting Yu, Xuan Wu, Haiping Hao, Weiwei Liu, Aijuan Qu, Frank J. Gonzalez   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and five-year cumulative incidence of abdominal obesity in Croatian women of childbearing age: the CroHort study [Prevalencija i petogodišnja kumulativna incidencija abdominalne pretilosti u žena fertilne dobi u Hrvatskoj] [PDF]

, 2012
Generalised obesity is increasing in prevalence globally, however trends in abdominal obesity are less well known. In 2003, 1,999 women of childbearing age participated in the Croatian Adult Health Survey, of whom 598 (29.9%) participated in the second ...
Fišter, Kristina, Ivanković, Davor, Kern, Josipa, Koršić, Mirko, Musić Milanović, Sanja, Pavleković, Gordana, Vuletić, Silvije   +6 more
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3D‐Printed Gastrointestinal Stents: In Vivo Evaluation in a Swine Small Bowel Perforation Model

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Gastrointestinal fistulae and perforations can lead to severe complications including sepsis and patient death. In this work, the efficacy of 3D‐printed gastrointestinal stents composed of poly‐lactic‐acid (PLA) was evaluated in an in vivo swine model.
Gweniviere Capron, Parinaz Fathi, Tor Wolf Jensen, Derek J. Milner, André J. van der Vlies, Regan L. Moody, Elizabeth A. Bangert, Blair Rowitz, Dipanjan Pan, Matthew B. Wheeler   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of processed meat intake and obesity in a population-based study of Japanese-Brazilians [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the consumption of processed meat with overall, abdominal, and overall with abdominal obesity in a Japanese-Brazilian population, which is known to be at cardiometabolic risk ...
Cardoso, Marly Augusto, Cristofoletti, Maria Fernanda, Ferreira, Sandra Roberta Gouvea, Gimeno, Suely Godoy Agostinho   +3 more
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How to best assess abdominal obesity [PDF]

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, 2018
Abdominal obesity, especially the increase of visceral adipose tissue (VAT), is closely associated with increased mortality related to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and fatty liver disease. This review provides an overview of the recent advances for abdominal obesity measurement.Compared to simple waist circumference, emerging three-dimensional (3D)
Hongjuan, Fang, Elizabeth, Berg, Xiaoguang, Cheng, Wei, Shen   +3 more
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