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Anterior–Posterior Abdominal Diameter and Waist Circumference Have Comparable Predictive Ability for Visceral Fat Area

Obesity Science & Practice
Objective Waist circumference measurement is commonly used as a method for predicting the visceral fat area. However, waist circumference is difficult to measure, and there is a large margin of error between measurements.
Jumpei Shikuma, Yoshiyuki Nagai, Mihono Otaki, Norihiro Shimizu, Yuki Wada, Junko Sasaki‐Shima, Hirotsugu Suwanai, Rokuro Ito, Takashi Miwa, Ryo Suzuki   +9 more
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Psoas Muscle Volume as a Predictor of Postoperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Emergency Surgery for Strangulated Small Bowel Obstruction: A Retrospective Single‐Center Study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This retrospective study identified low preoperative psoas muscle volume, measured by computed tomography, as an independent predictor of postoperative complications in patients undergoing emergency surgery for strangulated small bowel obstruction. Low psoas muscle volume, particularly in older adults, was associated with cardiopulmonary and systemic ...
Takuya Shiraishi, Chika Katayama, Yuta Shibasaki, Chika Komine, Takuhisa Okada, Akihiko Sano, Makoto Sakai, Hiroomi Ogawa, Ken Shirabe, Hiroshi Saeki   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Body Fat Percentage And Visceral Fat In Fikk Unm Students

Jurnal Stamina
The body will use calories as needed and store the excess in the form of fat tissue. Body fat percentage is a picture of the amount of fat stored in the body, while visceral fat is the fat that surrounds internal organs and is often associated with an ...
Yadi Jayadilaga, Roy Tri Putra, Meliana Handayani   +2 more
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Birth outcome in relation to licorice consumption during pregnancy.

, 2001
A role for glucocorticoids is suspected in the etiology of low birth weight. The authors tested whether maternal consumption of glycyrrhizin (an inhibitor of cortisol metabolism) in licorice affects birth weight in humans. A sample of 1,049 Finnish women
Järvenpää, AL, McKeigue, PM, Strandberg, TE, Vanhanen, H   +3 more
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Evaluation of glucose tolerance and effect of dietary management on increased visceral fat in a patient with Werner syndrome

, 2020
Reina Yamamoto, Kyota Akasaki, Masataka Horita, Makoto Yonezawa, Hiroki Asakura, Takehiro Kanamori, Yoshiro Maezawa, Masaya Koshizaka, Koutaro Yokote, Seiichiro Kurita   +9 more
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De Gustibus Est Disputandum: The role of agricultural and applied economists in an era of behavior change initiatives and endogenous preferences

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Popular society increasingly questions preferences that drive many resource allocations and production decisions, with many groups actively seeking to alter those preferences to achieve changes to resource use. Agricultural and applied economists, who are already equipped with excellent technical skills to undertake consumer preference and ...
Brian E. Roe
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of mitochondrial NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase deficiency on fructose-induced obesity in mice [PDF]

, 2018
Obesity prevalence in the United States continues to increase and is associated with health consequences such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and hyperlipidemia.
Beane, Kaleigh Elizabeth, Montalbano, Allison Michelle   +1 more
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The complexity of dementia development and its comorbidities: The collaborative cross‐mouse population for multivarious tasks approach

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
The increasing prevalence of dementia and related neurodegenerative diseases—including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—poses a growing public health challenge. These conditions have traditionally been studied as isolated central nervous system disorders, but emerging evidence points to ...
Osayd Zohud, Iqbal M. Lone, Kareem Midlej, Fuad A. Iraqi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growth hormone directly inhibits leptin gene expression in visceral fat tissue in fatty Zucker rats [PDF]

, 1999
Osamu Isozaki, Takahiro Tsushima, Megumi Miyakawa, Yasuko Nozoe, Hiroshi Demura, H Seki   +5 more
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Association of Visceral Fat with Pulmonary Function in Hypothyroidism Patients

, 2021
Harminder Singh
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