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South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2022 Background: The use of antipsychotic medication, particularly second generation antipsychotics (SGAs) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in people with severe mental illness (SMI). Few studies have compared body measures of people with SMI
Maseqhala P. Nkondo-Ndaba +3 more
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Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2020 Objective: To identify the prevalence of overweight in adolescents according to different classification criteria for obesity and somatic maturation stages.
Augusto Gerhart Folmann +3 more
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Waist-to-height ratio, inflammation and CVD risk in obese children [PDF]
Public Health Nutrition, 2014 AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the association between waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and specific biomarkers of inflammation, CVD risk and endothelial dysfunction in prepubertal obese children.DesignProspective, multicentre case–control study matched by age and sex.SettingChildren were recruited between May 2007 and May 2010 from primary-care centres and ...
Josune, Olza +9 more
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Relationship between waist–to-height ratio and blood pressure among adolescents
Payesh, 2016 Objective (s): Recent increases in pediatric abdominal obesity suggest that children and adolescents should be assessed anthropometrically as a step toward managing their long-term cardiovascular risk status.
Fatemeh Abbaszadeh +4 more
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Association between the triglyceride-glucose-waist-to-height ratio and cardiovascular disease in Chinese adults with sarcopenia or probable sarcopenia. [PDF]
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)Huang W, Wu J, Shen Z, Wang D, Wang X.
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Breastfeeding shows a protective trend toward adolescents with higher abdominal adiposity [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: The question of whether breastfeeding has a protective effect against the development of overweight or obesity later in life remains controversial, especially during adolescence.
De Henauw, Stefaan +12 more
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Health behaviors, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio in children [PDF]
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2011 Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) begin to gain attention as measures of adiposity and as important cardiometabolic disease risk factors also among children. Still, little research has been done on behavioral determinants of WC and WHtR in children.
Ray C., Roos E., Ray C., Roos E.
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Comparison of anthropometric indices in predicting the risk of hypertension, Iran - 2014
International Journal of the Cardiovascular Academy, 2018 Purpose: The best anthropometric index has not been established to investigate the relationship between hypertension and obesity. Since a similar study was not conducted in Bojnurd, we began to investigate the comparison of anthropometric indices (body ...
Hossein Lashkardoost +6 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 IntroductionAlthough waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) has established association with cardiometabolic disease, the trend of changes in elevated WHtR among general population have not been examined adequately.MethodsThis study examined the prevalence of ...
Bo Yang +10 more
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The Relationship of Body Fat Ratio to Anthropometric and Metabolic Parameters in Normal Weight and Overweight Women; The Concept of Normal Weight Obesity [PDF]
Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine, 2023 Aim: We aimed to underline the importance of “normal weight obesity concept”, prevent the overlooking of Normal Weight Obesity patients, administrate their treatments and explain them the risks regarding their future lives along with making emphasis on ...
Huseyin Nejat Kucukdag +1 more
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