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Prevalence of Obesity and Related Factors among Bouyei and Han Peoples in Guizhou Province, Southwest China. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
To investigate the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity and associated factors in Bouyei and Han peoples.A cross-sectional study was carried out in Guizhou province, southwest China in 2012, with multi-stage sampling to enroll 4551 participants ...
Ke Wang, Dingming Wang, Li Pan, Yangwen Yu, Fen Dong, Ling Li, Li Wang, Tao Liu, Xianjia Zeng, Liangxian Sun, Guangjin Zhu, Kui Feng, Junmei Miao Jonasson, Zhenglai Wu, Ke Xu, Xinglong Pang, Ting Chen, Hui Pan, Jin Ma, Yong Zhong, Bo Ping, Guangliang Shan   +21 more
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Therapeutic Treatment for Abdominal Obesity in Adults [PDF]

Deutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2018
Abdominal obesity, an accumulation of fat in the abdominal region, is a risk factor for several non-communicable diseases. This review aims to identify non-surgical treatment options for abdominal obesity in adults. Interventions with behavioral, dietary, physical activity, or pharmaceutical components were compared to control conditions.A systematic ...
Kesztyüs, Dorothea, Erhardt, Julia, Schönsteiner, Dorothée, Kesztyüs, Tibor   +3 more
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Are endocannabinoid type 1 receptor gene (CNR1) polymorphisms associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal Polish women? [PDF]

, 2009
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether genetic variation at the cannabinoid receptor-1 (CNR1) locus could have an effect on adiposity, fat distribution and obesity-related metabolic disorders in Polish postmenopausal women.Design and ...
Felicja Lwow, Diana Jedrzejuk, Lukasz Laczmanski, Andrzej Milewicz, Katarzyna Dunajska, Urszula Tworowska-Bardzinska   +5 more
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The impact of obesity and inflammation on metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type two diabetes in black and white South African women [PDF]

, 2011
[T]he overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the ethnic-specific role of inflammation in obesity and related metabolic risk factors associated with T2DM and CVD in apparently healthy black and white premenopausal South African ...
Evans, Juliet P
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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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The public health impact of obesity [PDF]

, 2001
The prevalence of obesity (severe overweight) has been increasing in western societies during the last decades. Epidemiological studies to the public health impact of obesity are therefore warranted.
Visscher, T.L.S.
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A Novel NR3C1 Frameshift Variant Associated With Familial Glucocorticoid Resistance Syndrome: An Integrated Analysis of Steroid Profiling and Structural Modeling

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Glucocorticoid resistance syndrome (GRS) is a rare hereditary disorder caused by pathogenic variants in NR3C1, characterized by marked phenotypic heterogeneity and frequent misdiagnosis as primary aldosteronism or subclinical Cushing's syndrome.
Sufang Yun, Zhifeng Zhu, Fengye Zhou, Ying Liu, Chunfang Liang, Haitao Ju, Lin Lu, Zhaoli Yan   +7 more
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Androgen Treatment of Abdominally Obese Men [PDF]

Obesity Research, 1993
AbstractMiddle‐aged men with abdominal obesity were treated in a double‐blind study with moderate doses of transdermal preparations of testosterone (T), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), or placebo. This resulted in moderately elevated T concentrations and marked decreases in follicle stimulating and luteinizing hormones in the group treated with T, while the
P, Mårin, S, Holmäng, C, Gustafsson, L, Jönsson, H, Kvist, A, Elander, J, Eldh, L, Sjöström, G, Holm, P, Björntorp   +9 more
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