Cross-sectional associations between sleep duration, sedentary time, physical activity, and adiposity indicators among Canadian preschool-aged children using compositional analyses [PDF]
, 2017 Background Sleep duration, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity are three co-dependent behaviours that fall on the movement/non-movement intensity continuum.
AG LeBlanc +42 more
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Targeting adipose tissue [PDF]
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, 2012 Two different types of adipose tissues can be found in humans enabling them to respond to starvation and cold: white adipose tissue (WAT) is generally known and stores excess energy in the form of triacylglycerol (TG), insulates against cold, and serves as a mechanical cushion. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) helps newborns to cope with cold.
Haas, Bodo +3 more
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Maternal short stature does not predict their children's fatness indicators in a nutritional dual-burden sample of urban Mexican Maya. [PDF]
, 2014 The co-existence of very short stature due to poor chronic environment in early life and obesity is becoming a public health concern in rapidly transitioning populations with high levels of poverty.
Bogin, B +5 more
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Visceral adiposity syndrome [PDF]
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, 2016 The association of anthropometric (waist circumference) and hemodynamic (blood pressure) changes with abnormalities in glucose and lipid metabolism has been motivation for a lot of discussions in the last 30 years. Nowadays, blood pressure, body mass index/abdominal circumference, glycemia, triglyceridemia, and HDL-cholesterol concentrations are ...
Lopes, Heno F. +3 more
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Dairy foods and dairy protein consumption is inversely related to markers of adiposity in obese men and women [PDF]
, 2013 A number of intervention studies have reported that the prevalence of obesity may be in part inversely related to dairy food consumption while others report no association.
Abargouei +25 more
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THOC5: a novel gene involved in HDL-cholesterol metabolism[S]
Journal of Lipid Research, 2013 Although numerous genes are known to regulate serum lipid traits, identified variants explain only a small proportion of the expected heritability. We intended to identify further genetic variants associated with lipid phenotypes in a self-contained ...
Maria Keller +19 more
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Reported and Recorded Sleepiness in Obesity and Depression
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 BackgroundObesity and depression are both associated with changes in sleep/wake regulation, with potential implications for individualized treatment especially in comorbid individuals suffering from both.
Juliane Minkwitz +14 more
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Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2021 Background : Hypertension (HTN) is a major health problem affecting different populations including adolescents worldwide, and it is strongly associated with obesity.
Danladi Ibrahim Musa +1 more
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Ectopic cardiovascular fat in middle-aged men: effects of race/ethnicity, overall and central adiposity. The ERA JUMP study. [PDF]
, 2015 Background/objectivesHigher volumes of ectopic cardiovascular fat (ECF) are associated with greater risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Identifying factors that are associated with ECF volumes may lead to new preventive efforts to reduce risk of CHD ...
Barinas-Mitchell, E +17 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2018 BackgroundThere is increasing evidence for the role of impaired intestinal permeability in obesity and associated metabolic diseases. Zonulin is an established serum marker for intestinal permeability and identical to pre-haptoglobin2.
Lucas Scheffler +11 more
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