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Obesity, body fat distribution and eye diseases [PDF]

Eating and Weight Disorders
Background The prevalence of obesity, a chronic disease, is increasing, and obesity is now considered a global epidemic. Eye diseases are also increasing worldwide and have serious repercussions on quality of life as well as increasingly high costs for ...
Francesca Bosello, Angiola Vanzo, Chiara Zaffalon, Luca Polinelli, Filippo Saggin, Erika Bonacci, Emilio Pedrotti, Giorgio Marchini, Ottavio Bosello   +8 more
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The Effect of Body Fat Distribution on Systemic Sclerosis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022
Obesity contributes to a chronic proinflammatory state, which is a known risk factor to develop immune-mediated diseases. However, its role in systemic sclerosis (SSc) remains to be elucidated. Therefore, we conducted a two-sample mendelian randomization (2SMR) study to analyze the effect of three body fat distribution parameters in SSc.
Gonzalo Villanueva-Martin, Marialbert Acosta-Herrera, Martin Kerick, Elena López-Isac, Carmen P. Simeón, José L. Callejas, Shervin Assassi, Lorenzo Beretta, International SSc Group, Australian Scleroderma Interest Group (ASIG), Yannick Allanore, Susanna M. Proudman, Mandana Nikpour, Carmen Fonseca, Christopher P. Denton, Timothy R. D. J. Radstake, Maureen D. Mayes, Xia Jiang, Javier Martin, Lara Bossini-Castillo   +19 more
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Mechanisms of body fat distribution and gluteal-femoral fat protection against metabolic disorders [PDF]

Frontiers in Nutrition
Obesity is a major health problem that affects millions of individuals, and it is associated with metabolic diseases including insulin resistance (IR), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). However, Body fat distribution (BFD) rather
Maha Alser, Khaled Naja, Mohamed A. Elrayess, Mohamed A. Elrayess   +3 more
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Body fat distribution and semen quality in 4304 Chinese sperm donors [PDF]

Asian Journal of Andrology
Extensive studies have identified potential adverse effects on semen quality of obesity, based on body mass index, but the association between body fat distribution, a more relevant indicator for obesity, and semen quality remains less clear.
Si-Han Liang, Qi-Ling Wang, Dan Li, Gui-Fang Ye, Ying-Xin Li, Wei Zhou, Rui-Jun Xu, Xin-Yi Deng, Lu Luo, Si-Rong Wang, Xin-Zong Zhang, Yue-Wei Liu   +11 more
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Body fat distribution, in particular visceral fat, is associated with cardiometabolic risk factors in obese women. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Body fat distribution is, next to overall obesity, an important risk factor for cardiometabolic outcomes in the general population. In particular, visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is strongly associated with cardiometabolic risk factors. Since it is unclear
Theodora W Elffers, Renée de Mutsert, Hildo J Lamb, Albert de Roos, Ko Willems van Dijk, Frits R Rosendaal, J Wouter Jukema, Stella Trompet   +7 more
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Body fat distribution and insulin resistance [PDF]

Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa, 2005
The movement of populations from rural to urban areas is associated with major changes in lifestyle, particularly the increased availability of calorie-dense foods and drinks. Although obesity is associated with social stigma in Western countries, public opinion of obesity and overweight in the Middle East and Africa is different, being associated more
Aus T, Ali, Nigel J, Crowther
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Associations between diet, physical activity and body fat distribution: a cross sectional study in an Indian population. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a growing health problem in India and worldwide, due to changes in lifestyle. This study aimed to explore the independent associations between dietary and physical activity exposure variables and total body fat and distribution in ...
Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Bowen, Liza, Ebrahim, Shah, Ekelund, Ulf, Kinra, Sanjay, Krishna, KV Radha, Kulkarni, Bharati, Kuper, Hannah, Sullivan, Ruth, Taylor, Amy E, Wells, Jonathan CK   +10 more
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Anthropometric indicators associated with blood pressure elevation in adults with obesity

Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 2020
The aim of the study was to investigate the association between different anthropometric indicators and high blood pressure in adults with obesity.This is a cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic sample of adults with obesity.
Paulo Ricardo de Oliveira Medeiros, Giovani Firpo Del Duca, Anne Ribeiro Streb, Isabel Heberle, Larissa dos Santos Leonel, Aline Mendes Gerage   +5 more
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The relation between visceral adipose tissue accumulation and biochemical tests in university students. [PDF]

, 2005
We evaluated the visceral adipose tissue accumulation in university students in Okayama prefecture, Japan. Fifty-eight Japanese university students (10 men and 48 women, age 18.4 +/- 0.6 years)were enrolled in this study.
Fujii, Masafumi, Kira, Shohei, Kogashiwa, Michiko, Miyatake, Nobuyuki, Wang, Da-Hong, Yamasato, Teruhiro   +5 more
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Monogenic disorders of obesity and body fat distribution

Journal of Lipid Research, 1999
Recently, great progress has been made towards understanding the molecular basis of body fat regulation. Identification of mutations in several genes in spontaneous monogenic animal models of obesity and development of transgenic models have indicated ...
Dali Chen, Abhimanyu Garg
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