• There is a global epidemic in obesity in adults and children, with obese people predisposed to develop diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975 (World Health Organization, 2021 ) and in Europe one in three school-aged children, and almost 60% of the adult population, are now living with overweight or obesity (WHO European Regional Obesity Report, 2022 ). (springer.com)
  • A metabolic obesity profile is associated with decreased gray matter volume in cognitively healthy older adults. (mpg.de)
  • Conclusions: There is a significant association between obesity and fall injuries in adults aged 45 years old and older in Texas. (cdc.gov)
  • The body mass index (BMI, weight (kg)/height (m) 2 ) is a useful index of relative weight that can be applied to define obesity 13 and CED 14, 15 and can be used to assess individual and community nutritional status. (bmj.com)
  • The study shows that variables related to worse lifetime weight status (evaluated by anthropometry), such as presence of obesity, are also associated with worse body shape trajectories, as assessed with silhouette scales. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The latter can be used as a proxy for body weight trajectory because silhouettes scales have high correlation with body mass index (BMI) and they work well to identify obesity and underweight in the Brazilian adult and older adult population [ 6 , 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Specifically, overweight is defined as a body-mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25, while obesity is a BMI greater than or equal to 30. (scirp.org)
  • Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more in adults, is linked to impaired immune functions . (cdc.gov)
  • 6 Tanaka S, Isoda F, Ishihara Y, Kimura M, Yamakawa T. T lymphopaenia in relation to body mass index and TNF-alpha in human obesity: adequate weight reduction can be corrective . (cdc.gov)
  • Such viruses may even be a contributing factor in human obesity by increasing the number and size of fat cells . (nutritionfacts.org)
  • Obesity is a medical condition resulting from the accumulation of excess fat in the human body to the extent that it might have great harm effects on the human health by increasing the diseases lowering the average life expectancy. (ijmedph.org)
  • this is how obesity can be defined for adult, which is different than that in children. (ijmedph.org)
  • To build a percentile table for body mass index (BMI) for adolescents aged 10 to 14 years in the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná, Brazil, and compare the values found for overweight (85th percentile) and obesity (95th percentile) with Brazilian and international BMI reference values. (bvsalud.org)
  • BMI provides the most including intervention trials, cohort and case-control studies, useful population-level measure of overweight and obesity studies in experimental animals, and studies on the mecha- since it can be used with the same cut-off points for adults nisms linking excess body fatness and cancer. (who.int)
  • In 2013, an estimated 4.5 million also limited evidence that absence of excess body fatness deaths worldwide were attributed to overweight and obesity reduces the risk of fatal prostate cancer, breast cancer in men, (1). (who.int)
  • The Working Group also reviewed data pertaining to The IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention were body fatness in children, adolescents, and young adults (aged launched in 1995, and complement the IARC Monographs up to 25 years) to assess whether obesity at earlier periods of book series, which identify environmental causes of cancer in life is linked with cancer in adult life. (who.int)
  • Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial, relapsing disorder characterized by excess body weight and defined as a body mass index (BMI) of ≥ 30 kg/m2. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Prevalence of obesity and severe obesity among adults: United States, 2017-2018. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Interestingly, I. obliquus intake decreased body weight in middle-aged mice and increased body temperature in response to light-dark switching in mature adult mice. (researchgate.net)
  • In addition, the review of available literature for middle-aged dren and adolescents were obese in 2013 (a 2-fold increase adults showed that there is sufficient evidence in humans that since 1980). (who.int)
  • Hence, WC was a better anthropometric index of fat location than WHR to estimate lipid pro le in overweight and obese adult women. (who.int)
  • To describe height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) of the adult urban population in Mumbai, western India and to estimate the prevalence and severity of thinness and overweight in this population. (bmj.com)
  • An estimated 1.9 billion adults worldwide, approximately 40% of the adult population, are overweight, with 650 million (13%), of those also classified as obese [1]. (scirp.org)
  • In the United States, the percentages are especially prodigious with 71.6% of adults classified as overweight and 39.8% as obese [4]. (scirp.org)
  • Approximately two thirds of U.S. adults and one fifth of U.S. children are obese or overweight. (cdc.gov)
  • We examined two polymorphisms of LEPR gene, rs1137100 (K109R) and rs1137101 (Q223R) in 110 subjects consisting of 55 obese and 55 healthy adult subjects as controls from Yogyakarta. (ajol.info)
  • Body mass index, waist circumference and leptin level in obese group were significantly higher than those in the control group. (ajol.info)
  • Lean body mass may explain apparent racial differences in carotid intima-media thickness in obese children. (childrensmercy.org)
  • Future studies assessing the association of cardiovascular disease risk factors to cIMT in obese children should include lean body mass in the analysis. (childrensmercy.org)
  • Worldwide, an estimated 640 million adults were obese (adenocarcinoma), kidney (renal cell carcinoma), breast in in 2014 (a 6-fold increase since 1975) and 110 million chil- postmenopausal women, and endometrium of the uterus. (who.int)
  • Individuals who adhere to a Mediterranean diet and have regular physical activity and a normal body mass index can reduce the incidence of protein build-ups associated with the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. (naturalproductsinsider.com)
  • Effect of population trends in body mass index on prostate cancer incidence and mortality in the United States. (fhcrc.org)
  • This positive association between childhood energy intake and later cancer is consistent with animal evidence linking energy restriction with reduced incidence of cancer and the association between height and human cancer, implying that higher levels of energy intake in childhood increase the risk of later development of cancer. (bmj.com)
  • The incidence of pelvic fractures increases with age with a protective effect of higher body mass index. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The worldwide incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in children and for cardiovascular disease in adults. (who.int)
  • The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. (cdc.gov)
  • Several guidelines and recommendations for prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have been issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal government agencies. (medscape.com)
  • Unhealthy lifestyles and chronic diseases are commonly seen and treatable factors in older adults and are both associated with dementia. (frontiersin.org)
  • We determined independent associations of multidomain lifestyles and chronic diseases (cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, and hypertension) with dementia and examined their synergistic impact on dementia among older adults. (frontiersin.org)
  • In response to the urgent need to clarify the relationship among multidomain lifestyles, chronic diseases, and dementia, this study investigated the independent associations of multidomain lifestyles and chronic diseases with dementia and examined whether these factors interact with each other creating greater risks of dementia in older adults. (frontiersin.org)
  • Gray matter structural networks are associated with cardiovascular risk factors in healthy older adults. (mpg.de)
  • Higher body mass index is associated with reduced posterior default mode connectivity in older adults. (mpg.de)
  • Higher body mass index in older adults is associated with lower gray matter volume: Implications for memory performance. (mpg.de)
  • Interventions in fall prevention, although generally targeted at present to older adults, also should take into account the weight status of the subjects. (cdc.gov)
  • In mammals acetyl-CoA cannot be converted to carbohydrate but can be either fed into the TCA cycle by condensing with oxaloacetate to form citrate or used in the synthesis of ketone bodies (hence ketogenic) or fatty acids. (wikipedia.org)
  • They trigger processes such as autophagy (cellular recycling) , mitochondria biogenesis, stem cell activation, ketogenesis (production of ketone bodies), and the reduction of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) levels, along with inhibiting the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, which is involved in cell growth and metabolism. (healthnews.com)
  • To examine the relation between energy intake in childhood and adult mortality from cancer. (bmj.com)
  • Significant associations between childhood energy intake and cancer mortality were seen when the confounding effects of social variables were taken into account in proportional hazards models (relative hazard for all cancer mortality 1.15 (95% confidence interval 1.06 to 1.24), P=0.001, for every MJ increase in adult equivalent daily intake in fully adjusted models). (bmj.com)
  • The increased waist circumference was an independent risk factor for kidney stones among Chinese adults. (ox.ac.uk)
  • A correlation study was done between body mass index (BMI), waist and hip circumference, waist to hip ratio (WHR), and leptin level with their genotypes. (ajol.info)
  • Abdominal fat is the kind of body fat that may most increases our risk of dying prematurely, making waist-to-height ratio a better predictor of disease than body mass index. (nutritionfacts.org)
  • Bean consumption has also been associated with lower body weights and smaller waist circumferences in adults. (nutritionfacts.org)
  • Researchers at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior also collected information on participants' body mass index, levels of physical activity, diet and other lifestyle factors. (naturalproductsinsider.com)
  • In humans, a protein restricted diet lowers blood levels of isoleucine and decreases fasting blood glucose levels. (wikipedia.org)
  • Buildup of excess amino acids will cause a buildup of toxic molecules so, humans have many pathways to degrade each amino acid when the need for protein synthesis has been met. (wikipedia.org)
  • Neuropeptide Y/agouti-related protein- and proopiomelanocortin-producing neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus primarily sense the body energy state. (nature.com)
  • The researchers said the most important predictors of age were blood pressure, cystatin C (a protein which signals kidney health), body mass index (BMI), and spirometry (lung capacity). (yahoo.com)
  • BACKGROUND: In utero exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and antiretroviral (ART) is associated with adverse birth outcomes, which are often attributed to alterations in placental morphology. (bvsalud.org)
  • By combining GWAS with modeling of longitudinal growth traits, the study's investigators - which include members of the Early Growth Genetics Consortium - find a significant overlap between the genetics of child and adult BMI. (genomeweb.com)
  • We estimate the "utility-maximizing" Body Mass Index (BMI) and calculate the implied monetary value of changes in both individual and spousal BMI, using the compensating income variation method and data from the Swiss Household Panel. (springer.com)
  • Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the survival time and predictors of adult DRTB patients, in Eastern and East-Central Ethiopia. (researchsquare.com)
  • We use completed college education as our environmental measure and estimate the interactive effect of genotype and education on body mass index (BMI) using 260,402 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). (dukeupress.edu)
  • Finally, the convergent validity between BIS and a female African American silhouettes scale, for different dimensions of body size perceptions, is acceptable. (nih.gov)
  • They are reliable and valid to assess body size perceptions and culturally adapted to the Cameroonian context. (nih.gov)
  • In instances where perceptions are not favorable toward BMI, it is largely attributable to opinions of incongruence with BMI and body shape, type, or composition. (scirp.org)
  • Methods A retrospective follow-up study was conducted in the Eastern and East-Central part of Ethiopia among adult drug resistance-tuberculosis patients from 1st September 2012 to 30th August 2017. (researchsquare.com)
  • Methods: An online survey was administered to 376 US adults. (scirp.org)
  • For adults 19 years and older, 19 mg of isoleucine/kg body weight is required daily. (wikipedia.org)
  • Body weight is also known to affect individuals' self-esteem and interpersonal relationships, including romantic ones. (springer.com)
  • A wide range of polices relating to body weight are justified as a means of fixing market failures such as imperfect information, negative externalities including higher medical cost, irrational behavior, and unanticipated variation in social norms regarding body shape (Philipson, 2001 ). (springer.com)
  • Policies that affect individuals' body weight alter individual well-being, which is likely to weigh heavily in many cost-benefit or cost-utility analyses, leaving studies that exclude or miscalculate benefits of health interventions severely biased. (springer.com)
  • The use of silhouette scales has been a new approach to assess the body shape trajectory across life as a proxy for body weight trajectory. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study aimed to evaluate body shape trajectories across the lifespan and to verify associations between them, birth weight, body mass index, and sociodemographic conditions in a Brazilian cohort. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We applied a clustering method to longitudinal data to identify body shape trajectories from 5 to 40 years of age and assessed the associations between these trajectories and birth weight, body mass index and sociodemographic conditions (race, education, maternal education and monthly per capita family income) using multiple correspondence analysis. (biomedcentral.com)
  • High birth weight was associated with maintaining large body size in both sexes and markedly increased body shape in women. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our results suggest that body shape trajectories are a good indicator of body weight trajectories and may be used when cohort studies are not possible. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Body weight trajectory is defined as changes in weight over life, and one way to evaluate it is the use of silhouette scales, a set of figures representing the body, from very lean to very heavy [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Body Mass Index (BMI) is commonly used to determine weight status. (scirp.org)
  • Participants that perceived BMI to be invalid most commonly cited incongruence with one's perception of their own body weight, no accounting for unique body shapes, and no accounting for additional muscle mass. (scirp.org)
  • The Body Mass Index (BMI) is a computed metric derived from the mass (weight) and height of an individual. (scirp.org)
  • BMI is best suited for population-level monitoring and evaluation of weight status and is the same for both sexes and for all ages of adults. (scirp.org)
  • Excess weight can affect how your body functions. (cdc.gov)
  • How you identify and whether you are comfortable with the way you look in regard to weight and body fat is very much a personal matter for you . (ridefastcoaching.com)
  • If you're a 65kg elite racing cyclist with normal body fat almost certainly not, in fact losing weight will make no difference or might even make you slower, worse still, it might make you ill. (ridefastcoaching.com)
  • One human study out of USC published in Science Translational Medicine found that the fasting-mimicking diet "reduced body weight and body fat, lowered blood pressure, and decreased the hormone IGF-1, which has been implicated in aging and disease. (healthnews.com)
  • The IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention evalu- including the colon and the liver, associations between excess ate the strength of evidence that an intervention can have body weight and cancers were observed, similar to those a cancer-preventive effect. (who.int)
  • Postdiagnosis body fatness, weight change and breast cancer prognosis: Global Cancer Update Program (CUP global) systematic literature review and meta-analysis. (who.int)
  • Body image scales are adapted to the phenotypic characteristics of urban Cameroonian populations. (nih.gov)
  • A new NCHS report describes trends in self-reported HPV vaccination initiation and completion by selected demographic characteristics among adults aged 18−26. (cdc.gov)
  • Adolphe Quetelet was a Belgian statistician who was obsessed with collecting data about physical and social human characteristics. (globalmathdepartment.org)
  • Health characteristics of U.S. adults by body mass index category: results from NHANES 1999--2002. (cdc.gov)
  • For example, lean athletes often have a high muscle-to-fat ratio and therefore a BMI that is misleadingly high relative to actual percentage of body fat [7]. (scirp.org)
  • Body mass index (BMI), lean mass, fat mass and body surface area (BSA) were also measured. (ugr.es)
  • Conclusion: The shivering threshold time is positively associated with whole-body adiposity and lean mass in females, but not in males. (ugr.es)
  • Lean body mass may explain apparent racial differences in carotid inti" by Shahryar M. Chowdhury, Melissa H. Henshaw et al. (childrensmercy.org)
  • On multivariate regression analysis, lean body mass remained the only measure to maintain a statistically significant relationship with mean cIMT (P (childrensmercy.org)
  • The relationship between race and cIMT disappeared when lean body mass was accounted for. (childrensmercy.org)
  • Among adults aged 18−26, the percentage who ever received one or more doses of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine increased from 22.1% in 2013 to 39.9% in 2018. (cdc.gov)
  • The percentage of adults aged 18−26 who received the recommended number of doses of HPV vaccine increased from 13.8% in 2013 to 21.5% in 2018. (cdc.gov)
  • This difference is measured and out pops a reading of your body fat percentage. (garmaonhealth.com)
  • However, PCBs continue to nal hearings that followed accumulate in the food chain the major PCBs exposure and can be detected in virtu- litigation, ATSDR funded the ally all human beings. (cdc.gov)
  • There is a large body of research on how mental and physical health is connected, including their common ageing trajectories," said Galkin. (yahoo.com)
  • Depending on body shape trajectories, individuals may be more prone to develop diseases in adulthood. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We found five body shape trajectories for women and three for men. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Associations between family history of major chronic diseases and healthy lifestyles in Chinese adults]. (fry-it.com)
  • Objective: To examine the associations between family history of major chronic diseases and healthy lifestyle in adults in China. (fry-it.com)
  • Conclusion: In Chinese population, adults with family history of major chronic diseases did not adopt healthier lifestyles. (fry-it.com)
  • Higher sociodemographic status and white race were associated with marked increases in body shape in men and maintenance of medium body shape in women. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Zinc blocks how much copper is absorbed and increases how much copper the body releases. (medlineplus.gov)
  • In this study, we investigate the distribution and functional implications of singleton SNPs in the human genome using the phase II HapMap data. (nature.com)
  • After excluding participants with self-reported histories of coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer or diabetes, a total of 461 213 adults from baseline survey and 20 583 adults from second survey were included in the current study. (fry-it.com)
  • A sequencing study of 523 ancient humans from South and Central Asia sheds light on the formation of modern-day human populations in the region . (genomeweb.com)
  • A genome-wide association study appearing in this week's Science Advances reveals different genetic factors influence body mass index (BMI) in infants, children, and adults. (genomeweb.com)
  • The study used a deep-learning "ageing clock" to test blood and biometric data from almost 12,000 Chinese adults. (yahoo.com)
  • In the study, 44 adults ranging in age from 40 to 85 (mean age: 62.6) with mild memory changes but no dementia underwent an experimental type of PET scan to measure the level of plaque and tangles in the brain. (naturalproductsinsider.com)
  • The study found that each one of several lifestyle factors-a healthy body mass index, physical activity and a Mediterranean diet-were linked to lower levels of plaques and tangles on the brain scans. (naturalproductsinsider.com)
  • This is a cross-sectional analysis conducted with 14,014 participants of first follow-up data collection of Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). (biomedcentral.com)
  • In a study of more than 500,000 US adults, those who met aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity guidelines were about half as likely to die from flu and pneumonia as adults who met neither guideline. (cdc.gov)
  • The pioneering study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports , is one of the first to be carried out in humans to find components which could have a direct effect on 'brown fat' functions, an important part of the human body which plays a key role in how quickly we can burn calories as energy. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Professor Michael Symonds, from the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham who co-directed the study said: "Brown fat works in a different way to other fat in your body and produces heat by burning sugar and fat, often in response to cold. (medicalxpress.com)
  • This is the first study in humans to show that something like a cup of coffee can have a direct effect on our brown fat functions. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Here, we aimed to study the association of the cold-induced shivering threshold time with body composition, BAT, the perception of shivering and skin temperature in young adults. (ugr.es)
  • Most of the human evidence concerning possible relations between nutrition and cancer comes from the use of body size as a proxy for dietary intake. (bmj.com)
  • when the pancreas starts to produce the insulin hormone, excess body fat will not allow child's body to use the insulin as it should be which can lead to being a diabetic patient. (ijmedph.org)
  • However, it should be considered confirmed the previous evaluation of the IARC Handbooks an approximate guide because it may not correspond to the (Volume 6, 2002) that absence of excess body fatness re- same degree of fatness in different individuals. (who.int)
  • Racial differences in carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) have been suggested to be associated with the disproportionally high prevalence of cardiovascular disease in black adults. (childrensmercy.org)
  • The degradation of isoleucine is impaired in the following metabolic diseases: Combined malonic and methylmalonic aciduria (CMAMMA) Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) Methylmalonic acidemia Propionic acidemia Isoleucine, like other branched-chain amino acids, is associated with insulin resistance: higher levels of isoleucine are observed in the blood of diabetic mice, rats, and humans. (wikipedia.org)
  • Only through our basic research efforts using pre-clinical models, were we able to gain access to patients' samples and link our findings to human disease. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Smoking can make the body less successful at fighting disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Criticisms of such use include inattention to variations in body type and body composition. (scirp.org)
  • Body size and composition are involved in the human cold response, yet the influence of BAT herein have not fully been explored. (ugr.es)
  • Body fatness is risk factor for more cancer sites than previously established. (who.int)
  • Postdiagnosis body fatness, recreational physical activity, dietary factors and breast cancer prognosis: Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) summary of evidence grading. (who.int)
  • In 2018, non-Hispanic white adults were more likely than Hispanic adults to have ever received one or more doses of HPV vaccine. (cdc.gov)
  • Prevalence was lowest in non-Hispanic Asian adults (17.4%) compared with non-Hispanic Black (49.6%), Hispanic (44.8%), and non-Hispanic White (42.2%) adults. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Dioxins are toxic waste pollutants that accumulate in the fatty tissues of food animals consumed by humans. (nutritionfacts.org)
  • Because a plant-based diet is associated with a lower body fat, it might also help reduce cellulite . (nutritionfacts.org)
  • The body doesn't store excess zinc, so it must be obtained from the diet. (medlineplus.gov)
  • 3 US Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • We argue that SNP-environment interactions across the human genome are not likely to provide consistent evidence regarding genetic influences on health that differ by environment. (dukeupress.edu)
  • Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • References to non-CDC sites on the Internet are provided as a service to MMWR readers and do not constitute or imply endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • It is necessary in small amounts for human health, growth, and sense of taste. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333. (cdc.gov)
  • Caloric restriction did wonders to yeast and even had profound results in treating cancer in mice, but translating it over to humans needed some tweaking. (healthnews.com)
  • African-American (AA) race/ethnicity, lower body mass index (BMI), and higher IGF1 levels are associated with premenopausal breast cancer risk. (nih.gov)
  • human cancer, mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and develops scientific strategies for cancer control. (who.int)
  • For several cancer sites, humans. (who.int)
  • To determine the prevalence of dyslipidaemia and HT in paediatric diabetic patients seen at Tygerberg Hospital (TBH) and establish whether either is associated with body mass index (BMI), glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) or duration of diabetes. (who.int)
  • By placing human beings on a binary scale, Quetelet introduced a new tactic for humans to assure that being White and male meant being the dominant human species, a tactic that could be measured precisely. (globalmathdepartment.org)
  • These variables include age, gender, ethnicity, body size, fitness level and how much water you've been drinking. (garmaonhealth.com)
  • Chicken meat today contains ten times more fat per serving compared to chicken meat a hundred years ago, This could help explain why chicken has been tied to human abdominal girth. (nutritionfacts.org)
  • The human genome is estimated to contain one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) every 300 base pairs. (nature.com)
  • Using the HapMap genotype data and genome wide expression data, we assessed the distribution and functional implications of singleton SNPs in the human genome. (nature.com)
  • The human genome is thought to contain one SNP every 100-300 bp. (nature.com)
  • A systematic relationship between functional connectivity and intracortical myelin in the human cerebral cortex. (mpg.de)
  • After analysing the data of 11,914 Chinese adults, the clock determined that smoking added around 1.25 years of ageing. (yahoo.com)
  • Initially only attributed to babies and hibernating mammals, it was discovered in recent years that adults can have brown fat too. (medicalxpress.com)
  • As I've gotten older, this boomer body that once was the high temple of athleticism has over the years, very slowly, certainly imperceptibly month-to-month, gotten fatter. (garmaonhealth.com)
  • EDIC) has shown that poor glycaemic control is associated measured annual y in all children older than 11 years who have had with a potential y more atherogenic profile in adults. (who.int)
  • Although the National Nutrition-Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) 17 has published the BMI profile of a representative rural Indian population, there is a paucity of data on the BMI distribution of representative adult Indian urban populations-the group at highest risk of the extremes of the current transition. (bmj.com)