Effectiveness of telenutrition in a women’s weight loss program [PDF]
, 2015 Objective. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of telenutrition versus traditional nutritional consultations for female obese patients in need of nutritional treatment. Methods.
Cortés Castell, Ernesto +2 more
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Positive association between waist-to-height ratio and hypertension in adolescents
Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition), 2016 The obesity and overweight epidemic, together with increasing cardiovascular disease, represent a major public health problem worldwide, and their occurrence in childhood and adolescence has increased in recent decades. The objective of this study was to assess the association between waist-to-height ratio (WHR) and the incidence of hypertension in ...
Juliana Gomes, Madruga +2 more
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Cortical surface area as a stronger mediator of the waist-to-height ratio and cognitive impairment link in patients with first-episode schizophrenia compared to body mass index and waist-hip ratio. [PDF]
BMC PsychiatryLin C +15 more
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Cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress and cognitive ability in the Dutch Famine Birth Cohort Study [PDF]
, 2011 Objective: Recently, in analyses of data from a large community sample, negative cross-sectional and prospective associations between cardiac stress reactivity and obesity were observed.
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How to Simplify the Diagnostic Criteria of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2017 This study evaluated the feasibility and accuracy of the height-corrected definition for identifying metabolic syndrome (MS). Methods: In 2006, anthropometric and biochemical measurements were assessed in a cross-sectional population-based study of 3136 ...
Chun-Ming Ma +5 more
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Can body mass index, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and waist-height ratio predict the presence of multiple metabolic risk factors in Chinese subjects? [PDF]
, 2011 Background Obesity is associated with metabolic risk factors. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, waist-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-height ratio (WHtR) are used to predict the risk of obesity related diseases.
Yong Liu +4 more
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Annals of Human Biology, 2018 Background: Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) distributions have been described in Chinese pre-school children only in local areas.
Xinnan Zong +3 more
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Triiodothyronine and free thyroxine levels are differentially associated with metabolic profile and adiposity-related cardiovascular risk markers in euthyroid middle-aged subjects [PDF]
, 2014 Background: We previously showed that in healthy young men a less favorable body composition is associated with higher FT3 levels within the euthyroid range.
De Buyzere, Marc +6 more
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Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Hip Ratio in Law Enforcement Agency Recruits: Relationship to Performance in Physical Fitness Tests [PDF]
, 2020 Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) use tests to assess recruit physical fitness. Body fat can influence test performance but is difficult to measure during academy because of time, equipment constraints, and instructor knowledge.
Dawes, J Jay +5 more
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Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research, 2014 Background: Traditionally, a fat child is considered as an "attractive" child and is often referred to as a "healthy" child, one who is likely to survive the rigors of undernourishment and infection.
Subhash Shahaji Dhole, Vinod D Mundada
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