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Prevalence of Abdominal Obesity and Excess Weight among Portuguese Children and Why Abdominal Obesity Should Be Included in Clinical Practice

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2018
Introduction: Central adiposity in children has increased to a higher degree than general adiposity however it is not a routine measurement in clinical practice.
Daniela Rodrigues, Cristina Padez, Aristides M. Machado-Rodrigues   +2 more
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Tracking and risk of abdominal and general obesity in children between 4 and 9 years of age. The Longitudinal Childhood Obesity Study (ELOIN)

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background Studies have shown that overweight and obesity conditions tend to be stable from childhood and adolescence to adulthood. Unfortunately, little is known about the evolution of abdominal obesity during childhood.
Honorato Ortiz-Marrón, Maira Alejandra Ortiz-Pinto, Gloria Cabañas Pujadas, José Galo Martínez Mosquera, Marien Lorente Miñarro, Francisca Menchero Pinos, María Ordobás Gavín, Iñaki Galán   +7 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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Trends in obesity and abdominal obesity in the older adult population of Spain (2000-2010) [PDF]

, 2013
Objective: This work examines the trend in obesity and abdominal obesity in the Spanish population aged 60 years and over during the first decade of the 21st century.
Banegas Banegas, José Ramón, Regidor, Enrique, Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando, Enrique Regidor, Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Fisac, León-Muñoz, Luz María, JoséR. Banegas, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, Luz M. León-Muñoz, Gutiérrez-Fisac, Juan Luis   +9 more
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Exposure‐adjusted safety and efficacy of GLP‐I and GLP‐1/GIP receptor agonists compared with non‐GLP‐I for weight management and type 2 diabetes: Based on FDA medical and statistical reports of 34 280 safety and 36 312 efficacy subjects

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims This work aimed to contextualize glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1 RAs) and glucose‐dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor agonists safety and efficacy regarding weight management (WM); we analysed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Medical Reviews to analyse 14 medications using patient‐exposure year normalization and ...
Aishwarya Prasad, Anshu Arora, Arun Arora, Jeena Vaid, Arif Khan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combined impact of sleep and obesity on female infertility in the NHANES 2017–2020

BMC Women's Health
Background Sleep health and obesity may affect the risk of female infertility. However, few studies focused on the interaction of obesity and sleep health on the female infertility risk.
Zhe Wang, Yun-Hui Lai, Song-Yu Huang, Yu-Dong Liu, Shi-Ling Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential direct secondary care cost benefits of HealthyWeightHub - Virtual Hospital 2.0 digital lifestyle intervention

Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 2019
HealthyWeighHub (HWH) is a 12-month coaching and education service designed to help patients with obesity make permanent life changes, launched and expanded gradually in Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) Healthvillage since 2016.
Saku Väätäinen, Erkki Soini, Sirpa Arvonen, Laura Suojanen, Kirsi Pietiläinen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Obesity and the obesity paradox in abdominal aortic aneurysm

Frontiers in Endocrinology
Obesity, 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.
Feng Lu, Feng Lu, Yong Lin, Yong Lin, Jianshun Zhou, Jianshun Zhou, Zhen Chen, Zhen Chen, Yingying Liu, Yingying Liu, Maolin Zhong, Maolin Zhong, Lifeng Wang, Lifeng Wang, Lifeng Wang   +14 more
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Self-reported disability in adults with severe obesity [PDF]

, 2011
Self-reported disability in performing daily life activities was assessed in adults with severe obesity (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2) using the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ).
N. Williams, Saravanan, Ponnusamy, Kyrou, Ioannis, R. Thomas, I. Kyrou, L. Halder, Osei-Assibey, G., S. Taheri, Thomas, R., Taheri, S., Williams, N., Halder, L., Saravanan, P., Kumar, Sudhesh, Williams, Nerys R., Kyrou, I., P. Saravanan, Halder, L. (Louise), S. Kumar, Kumar, S., G. Osei-Assibey   +20 more
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Generalised and abdominal obesity and risk of diabetes, hypertension and hypertension–diabetes co-morbidity in England

, 2008
Objectives To look at trends in generalised (body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg m–2) and abdominal (waist circumference (WC) >102 cm in men, >88 cm in women) obesity among adults between 1993 and 2003, and to evaluate their association with diabetes ...
Hirani, V., Zaninotto, P., Primatesta, P.   +2 more
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