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The association between weight-adjusted-waist index and sarcopenia in adults: a population-based study

Scientific Reports
This study aims to investigate the relationship between weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI), a new body index, and sarcopenia, while also assessing the potential of WWI as a tool for screening sarcopenic patients.
Haojing Zhou, Hai Su, Yichen Gong, Lei Chen, Lihan Xu, Guoqian Chen, Peijian Tong   +6 more
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Associations between weight-adjusted waist index and bone mineral density: results of a nationwide survey

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2023
Background The weight-adjusted waist circumference index (WWI) is a novel obesity indicator that offers improved accuracy in assessing both muscle and fat mass compared to traditional measures.
Ya Zhang, Haiyang Wu, Cheng Li, Changxiong Liu, Mingjiang Liu, Xiaozhu Liu, Qiming Yin, Xianzhe Li, Ruijie Xie   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

General and central obesities were associated with increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease: A large‐scale prospective cohort study

VIEW, EarlyView.
Prior evidence suggested inconsistent findings in terms of the relationship between obesity and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) occurrence. We demonstrated that both general and central obesities were associated with an increased risk of developing IBD, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn's disease in a large‐scale prospective cohort.
Qian Zhang, Yijun Chen, Shuang Yu, Si Liu, Shutian Zhang, Shanshan Wu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of triglyceride glucose-weight adjusted waist index and its cumulative exposure on stroke risk: a nationwide prospective cohort study

Lipids in Health and Disease
Background Insulin resistance and obesity are significant factors contributing to the incidence of stroke. The present research examines the association between stroke risk and both the triglyceride glucose-weight adjusted waist index (TyG-WWI, a ...
Shiming He, Yinghao Kuang, Xinfang Huang, Yafei Jian, Jinyan Zhang, Wanfen Huang, Yang Zou, Guotai Sheng, Wei Wang, Hongyi Yang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘The Good Couscous That Pleases Us!’: The Meanings of Enduring Imperialist Imagery in Postcolonial French Food Advertising, 1970–2000

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines a wave of Orientalism‐inspired food commercials that appeared on television in France between 1975 and 2000. Older commercials for couscous were more banal, emphasizing a given product's superiority or affordability. Around 1975, however, there was a concerted shift in the advertising; new spots contained exoticized ...
Kelly Ricciardi Colvin
wiley   +1 more source

Association between weight-adjusted waist index and risk of diabetes mellitus type 2 in United States adults and the predictive value of obesity indicators

BMC Public Health
Background The weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) is a quantitative anthropometric index that can be applied to evaluate obesity. This study examined the relationship between adult United States (US) residents’ risk of diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM) and ...
XinMeng Li, Dan Zhao, Hongkun Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Digging Deeper is Always Rewarding. Policy instruments, challenges and recent research on conflict archaeology, WWI and WWII in Flanders

Internet Archaeology
In 2017, the government of Flanders decided to award yearly grants for synthesising research on archaeological data produced via development-led archaeology in Flanders (Belgium).
Wouter Gheyle, Sam De Decker , Birger Stichelbaut   +2 more
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Living by the lake: Plant food diversity in a prehistoric lake‐dwelling community in the Republic of North Macedonia

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the relationship between wetland ecosystems and prehistoric lakeshore settlements within the Lake Ohrid basin (a biodiversity hotspot) by considering plant food systems at Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia. The mid‐fifth millennium (c.4555–4373 to 4437–4241 cal BCE) waterlogged assemblage contained a diverse spectrum of ...
Amy Holguin, Michael Charles, Ferran Antolín, Rachel Ballantyne, Müge Ergun, Albert Hafner, Stefanie Jacomet, André F. Lotter, Goce Naumov, Johannes Reich, Raül Soteras, Elizabeth Stroud, Willy Tinner, Rachel Wood, Amy Bogaard   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Comparing two distinct deglobalization periods, this study shows how Finnish multinational enterprises (MNEs) used corporate diplomatic activities (CDA) to influence Finland's alignment with a struggling great power. Drawing from hegemonic stability theory and new institutional economics, we argue that the power's collapsing global networks ...
Saara Matala, Christian Stutz
wiley   +1 more source

Religion and Black/White Residential Segregation: The Influence of Religious and Regional Context

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on religious tradition and residential segregation focuses on “open” versus “closed” civic orientations, but ignores the structural effects of religious fields as well as other relevant differences, such as Catholic immigrant parishes and the communal role of Black Protestantism in response to racial hostility in large northern cities
David Sikkink, Michael Emerson
wiley   +1 more source