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General and Central Obesity Are Associated With Increased Severity of the VMS and Sexual Symptoms of Menopause Among Chinese Women: A Longitudinal Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
BackgroundStrong evidence has linked overweight and obesity to increased risks of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in Chinese populations. Menopause is considered associated with increased obesity and central body fat distribution. However,
Ruiyi Tang   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serum Magnesium Levels Are Negatively Associated with Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Real-World Study [PDF]

open access: yesDiabetes & Metabolism Journal
Background There remains controversy over the relationship between serum magnesium levels and obesity in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess whether there is any association of serum magnesium levels with ...
Man-Rong Xu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The association between cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiometabolic risk in children is mediated by abdominal adiposity: the HAPPY study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: It is unclear whether cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is independently linked to cardiometabolic risk in children. This study investigated a) the association between CRF level and presence of cardiometabolic risk disorders using health ...
Bailey, Daniel Paul   +3 more
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Intra‐abdominal pressure, sagittal abdominal diameter and obesity comorbidity [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Internal Medicine, 1997
Objectives. To determine relationship of intraabdominal pressure to central obesity and the comorbidity of obesity. Design. Non‐randomized, prospective. Setting. University hospital, operating room. Subjects. Eighty‐four anaesthetized consecutive patients prior to gastric bypass for morbid obesity and five non‐obese patients before colectomy for ...
H, Sugerman   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Adipose Tissue Distribution and Survival Among Women with Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
ObjectivePrevious studies of breast cancer survival have not considered specific depots of adipose tissue such as subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT).MethodsThis study assessed these relationships among 3,235 women with ...
Albers, Kathleen B   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Abdominal obesity in India: analysis of the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019–2021) dataResearch in context

open access: yesThe Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, 2023
Summary: Background: The ever-growing trend of abdominal obesity worldwide has garnered global attention over the past three decades. In India, BMI has conventionally been used to measure obesity.
Monika Chaudhary, Priyanshu Sharma
doaj   +1 more source

Expanding evidence for the multiple dangers of epidemic abdominal obesity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The waistline of America has been expanding now for decades,1 largely as a consequence of an obesogenic environment, with a car-worshipping culture and take-away lifestyle par excellence.2 No upper limit to the prevalence or extent of obesity is yet ...
Adrian J. Cameron, Mph Paul, Z. Zimmet
core   +1 more source

Temporal Trends of the Prevalence of Abdominal Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Children and Adolescents between 2007 and 2020

open access: yesJournal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, 2023
Background : The prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents is increasing worldwide, which is of concern because obesity can lead to various complications such as metabolic syndrome (MS).
Jieun Lee   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations between diet, physical activity and body fat distribution: a cross sectional study in an Indian population. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +10 more
core   +4 more sources

Impact of Discrepancies in General and Abdominal Obesity on Major Adverse Cardiac Events

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background Body mass index and waist circumference (WC) are commonly used metrics that reflect general obesity and abdominal obesity. However, the impact of general and abdominal obesity discrepancies on the risk for major adverse cardiac events (MACE ...
Daein Choi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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