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Overweight and obesity as determinants of cardiovascular risk: the Framingham experience.

Archives of Internal Medicine, 2002
BACKGROUND To our knowledge, no single investigation concerning the long-term effects of overweight status on the risk for hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular sequelae has been reported.
P. Wilson, R. D'Agostino, L. Sullivan, H. Parise, W. Kannel   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing Pubertal Timing, Duration, and Related Characteristics in ASXL‐Related Disorders: A Cross‐Sectional Caregiver Survey Analysis

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Limited studies have been conducted on pubertal development in populations with pre‐existing medical conditions. More than 20‐fold increased risk of early puberty has been reported in neurodevelopmental disorders; however, this is a heterogeneous group.
Amanda Piring, Rebecca Hicks, Julia Sloan, Estefania Ramires‐Sanchez, Bianca E. Russell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal employment and overweight children [PDF]

This paper seeks to determine whether a causal relationship exists between maternal employment and childhood overweight. We use matched mother/child data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and employ econometric techniques to control for ...
Kristin F. Butcher, Patricia M. Anderson, Phillip B. Levine   +2 more
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Effectiveness of school-based intervention programs in reducing prevalence of overweight

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2014
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of school-based interventions program in reducing the prevalence of overweight or obesity among schoolchildren.
Sajid Mahmood, Tahira Perveen, Allah Dino, Faisa Ibrahim, Jaishri Mehraj   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correlation between body mass index and waist circumference in Nigerian adults: implication as indicators of health status [PDF]

, 2013
Background. Anthropometric measures have been widely used for body weight classification in humans. Waist circumference has been advanced as a useful parameter for measuring adiposity. This study evaluated the correlation between body mass index (BMI)
Afolabi , Israel Sunmola, Azuh, Dominic E., Chinedu, S. N., Idachaba , Mercy E., Iweala, E. E. J., Ogunlana, Olubanke Olujoke, Osamor, V. C., UHUEGBU, Chidi C.   +7 more
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Adverse Cardiovascular Risk Profile and Increased Diurnal Salivary Cortisol in Girls With Turner Syndrome: An Exploratory Study

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Patients with Turner Syndrome (TS) and those exposed to high concentrations of glucocorticoids have a number of characteristics in common, including an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Pediatric TS patients underwent studies of salivary cortisol (SC) and cortisone (SCn), body composition, continuous glucose monitoring, vascular ...
Lily Jones, Julie Park, Silothabo Dliso, Daniel B. Hawcutt, Alena Shantsila, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Joanne Blair   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Management of Cardiovascular Health Issues in Turner Syndrome: Expert Insights and Expanded Recommendations From the 2024 Guideline Development Team

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Turner syndrome (TS) is frequently complicated by congenital heart disease (CHD). While left‐sided lesions such as bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and coarctation of the aorta are the most common structural heart lesions in TS, other anomalies, such as aortic arch malformations, hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), persistent left superior vena
Katya de Groote, Sheetal R. Patel, Kristian Havmand Mortensen, Isabel Witvrouwen, Anthonie Duijnhouwer, Nicole M. Brown, Jasmine Grewal, Kathryn C. Chatfield, Aaron T. Dorfman, Siddharth K. Prakash   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimated global overweight and obesity burden in pregnant women based on panel data model

PLoS ONE, 2018
Objective To estimate the global and country-level burden of overweight and obesity among pregnant women from 2005 to 2014. Methods Publicly accessible country-level data were collected from the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the Food and ...
Cheng Chen, Xianglong Xu, Yan Yan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak, Tamara Blakemore, Elsie Randall, Meaghan Katrak Harris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

BMI-For-Age Cut-Off as an Indicator of Adiposity among In-School Children (Age 4-11 Years) in Obio/Akpor LGA, Rivers State, Nigeria [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Childhood overweight and obesity has been an issue of great concern to developing and developed nation where as degenerative underweight has ravaged the underdeveloped and war turn countries.
Aigbogun EO Jr, Ibeachu PC, Ikechukwu E
core   +1 more source