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Association between Weight-Adjusted Waist Index and Depression in NAFLD: the modulating roles of sex and BMI

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry
Abstract Background The Weight-Adjusted Waist Index (WWI) is a novel indicator of obesity that accurately reflects body composition. However, the association between WWI and depression in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) remains unclear.
Jingwen Zhang   +7 more
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Association Between Weight-Adjusted Waist Index and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults

open access: yesHitit Medical Journal
Objective: Depression is a common and disabling condition in older adults. Identifying simple, non-invasive predictors of depression risk is essential for early intervention. The Weight-Adjusted Waist Index (WWI), a novel anthropometric marker of central adiposity, may be associated with depressive symptoms in older populations.
Ayşe Dikmeer, Suna Bürkük
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An evaluation to review the effectiveness of an established residential weight management intervention on short-term health outcomes in overweight and obese children and adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Background Overweight and obesity are rapidly escalating to epidemic proportions in the paediatric population. Obesity has profound health and social consequences in both the short- and long-term.
Birch, Laura
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The association between Weight-adjusted-Waist Index (WWI) and cognitive function in older adults: a cross-sectional NHANES 2011–2014 study

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background The impact of obesity on cognitive function has engendered considerable interest. Weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) has emerged as a novel and innovative marker of obesity that reflects weight-independent abdominal obesity.
Xichenhui Qiu   +4 more
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ADIPOSITY IN BRITISH PAKISTANI AND WHITE BRITISH SCHOOL CHILDREN AGED 7-11 YEARS LIVING IN MIDDLESBROUGH, UK: ASSOCIATIONS WITH ETHNICITY, GENERATION, AND BIRTH WEIGHT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
People of South Asian ethnicities in the UK are at a high risk of obesity and related illnesses. This thesis tests predictions derived from the developmental origins literature regarding adiposity in British Pakistanis in middle childhood.
HENDERSON, EMILY,JACQUELINE
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Age, Socioeconomic Status and Obesity Growth [PDF]

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The rapid growth in obesity represents a major public concern. Although body weight tends to increase with age, the evolution of obesity over the lifecycle is not well understood. We use longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to
Charles L. Baum II, Christopher J. Ruhm
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