Overweight and obesityAdiposityCentral obesityDual-energy X-ray aVisceral fatRatioIndicesSignificantlySkinfold thicknessHigh-density lipAdipose tissueIntra-abdominal fatObeseDiabetesSexesLogistic regressionEpidemicAbstractSerumAdultsMeasurementsDepositionAnthropometric measuresCommonlyExcessMethodsHypertensionRates of obesityIndividuals with obesityGeneral obesityChildhood obesityPercentageHealthMetabolic disordersOutcomesAdultTriglyceridesStrongly linkedParticipantsConsumptionTreatmentsBody massThicknessRisk factorsThighAdolescentsResultsDiseases
Overweight and obesity7
- Epidemiologic investigations have consistently shown an independent increased risk for diabetes associated with overweight and obesity, with clear dose response patterning across categories of increasing body mass. (diabetesjournals.org)
- It has been well documented that overweight and obesity is now a global epidemic with relatively few countries unaffected. (biomedcentral.com)
- In smokers, the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke is more than twice that of non-smokers [ 7 ], whereas there is a somewhat more modest increase in risk associated with overweight and obesity [ 11 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Overweight and obesity are important modifiable risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD) 1 1. (scielosp.org)
- Central overweight and obesity were indicators for central fatness for both overweight boys and girls and for obese girls except in age group 6.5 ± 1 years. (who.int)
- The prevalence of overweight and obesity is growing and has been classified as an epidemic according to the WHO (World Health Organization) [ 1 ]. (springer.com)
- Therefore, the successful prediction of future risk for overweight and obesity and subsequent weight management are important topics in Taiwan. (researchsquare.com)
Adiposity9
- Increased adiposity (obesity) raises serum resistin levels, which in turn directly correlate to insulin resistance. (wikipedia.org)
- It is well established that abdominal adiposity is a strong predictor of morbidity and mortality independent of BMI ( 1 , 2 ). (diabetesjournals.org)
- ABSTRACT This cross-sectional study of 1283 healthy children (681 boys, 602 girls) aged 6-11 years tested the degree of correlation between waist circumference measurements and adiposity. (who.int)
- The ability of simple anthropometric add valuable comparative data to BMI techniques to correctly measure central data in assessment of central fatness in adiposity needs to be assessed because overweight and obese children. (who.int)
- Routine evaluation of an expression of weight not adiposity [ 11 ] regional fat distribution on a wide scale and it provides no information on body fat requires methods that are simpler than distribution, so it can mask true obesity- dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), related risk in children [ 3 ]. (who.int)
- However, degree of correlation between waist circum- studies on the efficacy of anthropometric ference measurements of a sample of techniques for identifying children with Egyptian schoolchildren with their adipo- high central adiposity are scare. (who.int)
- However, abdominal adiposity may be more predictive of CVD risk than BMI. (cdc.gov)
- Abdominal adiposity is a risk factor for obesity-related complications, and there is increasing evidence that abdominal adiposity may be a contributing factor to complications not related to adiposity at the waist (4,5). (cdc.gov)
- Body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio, and waist circumference are commonly used measures for estimating abdominal adiposity (6,7). (cdc.gov)
Central obesity13
- Abdominal obesity, also known as central obesity and truncal obesity, is the human condition of an excessive concentration of visceral fat around the stomach and abdomen to such an extent that it is likely to harm its bearer's health. (wikipedia.org)
- An excess of adipose visceral fat is known as central obesity, the "pot belly" or "beer belly" effect, in which the abdomen protrudes excessively. (wikipedia.org)
- Central obesity is known to predispose individuals for insulin resistance. (wikipedia.org)
- Insulin resistance is a major feature of diabetes mellitus type 2, and central obesity is correlated with both insulin resistance and T2DM itself. (wikipedia.org)
- And it is waistline adipose tissue (central obesity) which seems to be the foremost type of fat deposits contributing to rising levels of serum resistin. (wikipedia.org)
- Metabolic syndrome is defined by central obesity, increased systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), increased serum triglycerides (TG), and elevated fasting blood glucose (FBG). (biomedcentral.com)
- The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) declared that central obesity was strongly associated with metabolic syndrome and its components [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and central obesity increased with age, with the highest rates seen among middle-aged and older adults [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- The increased levels of inflammatory markers have also been strongly correlated with both central obesity and metabolic syndrome. (biomedcentral.com)
- The application of WHtR provides an alternative anthropometric index of central obesity that avoids the limitations of WC because the inclusion of height into the index enhances the avoidance of any potential confounding of cardiometabolic risk by height [ 19 ]. (hindawi.com)
- Contrary to the old dictum that central obesity is more common among men than women, recent reports have shown a gradual reversal of this trend, as suggested by some studies. (bvsalud.org)
- Objective: To compare the prevalence of central obesity among men and women with Diabetes mellitus in NorthCentral Nigeria. (bvsalud.org)
- Introduction: Country-specific cut-off points for defining central obesity in black Africans are long overdue. (bvsalud.org)
Dual-energy X-ray a1
- The purpose of the study was to validate indirect Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry technique and abdominal circumference measurement as tools to predict visceral adipose tissue in rats. (biomedcentral.com)
Visceral fat6
- Visceral fat, also known as organ fat or intra-abdominal fat, is located inside the peritoneal cavity, packed in between internal organs and torso, as opposed to subcutaneous fat, which is found underneath the skin, and intramuscular fat, which is found interspersed in skeletal muscle. (wikipedia.org)
- The results showed that the L_K56 group had significant decreases in percent body fat ( p = 0.004), visceral fat area ( p = 0.0007), total body fat mass ( p = 0.018), trunk body fat mass ( p = 0.003), waist circumference ( p = 0.003), glycosylated hemoglobin( p = 0.002) at the end of the study compared with baseline. (biomedcentral.com)
- However, mean changes in body fat mass, visceral fat area, weight, body mass index, waist circumference and hip circumference were not significantly different between groups. (biomedcentral.com)
- Unknown is whether CRF attenuates health risk for a given level of abdominal visceral fat, subcutaneous fat, and/or waist circumference. (diabetesjournals.org)
- 0.01) for blood pressure, indicating that the increase in blood pressure per unit increase in visceral fat or waist circumference was greater in men in the low-CRF group compared with the high-CRF group. (diabetesjournals.org)
- These results suggest that alcohol consumption may have a potential adverse effect on visceral fat deposition. (go.jp)
Ratio11
- The body mass index (BMI), body weight (kg) to squared height (m) ratio, is a well known index that is receiving increasing attention to evaluate the effects of overall obesity on ventilatory function. (ersjournals.com)
- With an increase in the waist to hip ratio and overall waist circumference the risk of death increases as well. (wikipedia.org)
- While these and other studies have reported superior prediction of diabetes with waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio compared with BMI, it is notable that this is far from a universal finding. (diabetesjournals.org)
- Indeed, a recent meta-analysis of 32 studies concluded that BMI, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio had similar associations with incident diabetes ( 6 ). (diabetesjournals.org)
- The western dietary pattern, obesity, high body fat, high waist or hip circumference, and high waist-to-hip ratio were significantly associated with increased odds ratios of high CRP and NLR in both genders. (biomedcentral.com)
- 0.001), and also with waist circumferences and waist-to-hip ratio ( P for trend = 0.042 and 0.007, respectively). (go.jp)
- Central fatness, mostly intra-abdominal circumference is a better index of android fat, is medically more important than (abdominal) obesity than waist-to-hip ratio subcutaneous fat in the trunk. (who.int)
- This has led to an increasing evidence for abdominal obesity indices such as waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) as predictors of CVD [ 16 , 17 ]. (hindawi.com)
- Measures of waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and body composition are also useful for this. (canyonranch.com)
- In addition to your BMI and waist measurement, your doctor may compare your hip and waist circumferences, which is called your waist-to-hip ratio, as another tool for determining whether you are carrying too much belly fat. (canyonranch.com)
- Some obesity indices (body mass index, waist circumference and waist-toheight ratio) were measured. (bvsalud.org)
Indices3
- Median linear regression models were applied to estimate the medians of change (computed as follow-up minus baseline values) of VC, FVC, FEV 1 and D L,CO indices, as functions of changes of BMI over the follow-up period, separately by sex, after considering several potential confounders and effect modifiers. (ersjournals.com)
- Multivariable linear regression was used to estimate adjusted means of obesity indices for each group. (go.jp)
- Blood pressure, anthropometrics, and biochemical indices were measured. (hindawi.com)
Significantly6
- Overall the longitudinal measure of police work stressors increased significantly over the study period. (cdc.gov)
- The beads, which stimulate nerves and organs regulating appetite, were found to significantly reduce participants' waist circumference, body fat, and BMI over three months. (scitechdaily.com)
- This new study builds on previous research in Japanese women with overweight or obesity which found that those treated with ear acupuncture with beads lost significantly more weight than those who were untreated, and this weight loss was maintained for 6 months after the end of treatment. (scitechdaily.com)
- The risk of general and abdominal obesity and concomitant outcomes increased significantly with age in both sexes. (scielosp.org)
- The 3MPKS test and relative hand grip strength were significantly negatively associated with BMI and overweight/obesity risk with a dose-response relationship in both men and women. (researchsquare.com)
- however, this may vary significantly by age, dietary habits, gender, and even among participants with morbid obesity [ 9 ]. (hindawi.com)
Skinfold thickness1
- Recently, Ross and Katzmarzyk ( 7 ) reported that for a given BMI, individuals with high CRF had lower abdominal skinfold thickness and waist circumference compared with individuals with lower CRF, independent of sex. (diabetesjournals.org)
High-density lip1
- Methods: Metabolic syndrome is ≥3 of the following: hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, hypertension, abdominal obesity, and high serum glucose. (natap.org)
Adipose tissue4
- Techniques such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging made it possible to categorize mass of adipose tissue located at the abdominal level into intra-abdominal fat and subcutaneous fat. (wikipedia.org)
- Body surface measures such as waist circumference do not distinguish between the various adipose tissue depots, which are known to have differences in biologic function. (diabetesjournals.org)
- Specifically, there can be sizable differences in the amounts of visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) between individuals with the same waist circumference. (diabetesjournals.org)
- Areas of abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) were calculated using computed tomography imaging. (go.jp)
Intra-abdominal fat2
- It is now generally believed that intra-abdominal fat is the depot that conveys the biggest health risk. (wikipedia.org)
- As aforementioned, the accumulation of intra-abdominal fat can be measured by direct weighing of fat after dissection. (biomedcentral.com)
Obese5
- In a small study on massively obese but otherwise normal, nonsmoking, young adults, the single-breath D L,CO increased with the degree of obesity 12 . (ersjournals.com)
- Obesity affects one in three children under the age of 11 in Europe, and over 60% of adults are classified as being overweight or obese," said Professor Jimmy Bell, University of Westminster, London. (drugtargetreview.com)
- Nearly half of those classified as overweight and about a quarter of those classified as obese were metabolically healthy by these measures. (agemed.org)
- The abdominal circumference measure appears useful in studying overweight or obese rats. (biomedcentral.com)
- In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are overweight or obese, antidiabetic medications that have additional actions to promote weight loss (such as glucagon-like peptide-1 [GLP-1] analogs or sodium-glucose-linked transporter-2 [SGLT-2] inhibitors) are suggested, in addition to the first-line agent for type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity, metformin. (medscape.com)
Diabetes19
- Visceral and central abdominal fat and waist circumference show a strong association with type 2 diabetes. (wikipedia.org)
- Researchers first started to focus on abdominal obesity in the 1980s when they realized it had an important connection to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. (wikipedia.org)
- Abdominal obesity is typically associated with a statistically higher risk of heart disease, hypertension, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes (see below). (wikipedia.org)
- Metabolic syndrome is associated with abdominal obesity, blood lipid disorders, inflammation, insulin resistance, full-blown diabetes, and increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. (wikipedia.org)
- Many parents know that obesity can lead to type 2 diabetes and other metabolic conditions, but there is far less awareness that obesity, even in young children, can lead to serious liver disease. (nyp.org)
- In recent years, the increased prevalence of obesity has reached epidemic proportions, and presents a critical public health problem worldwide because of the substantial health risks associated with increased mortality from type 2 diabetes (T2D), hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases, as well as the incidence of some cancers [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Obesity is perhaps the longest studied and best described risk factor for type 2 diabetes. (diabetesjournals.org)
- These clinical observations regarding the detrimental health effects of central or upper body obesity were subsequently reinforced by the results of large prospective epidemiological studies of diabetes incidence, in which fat patterning of subjects was estimated using body surface measurements, specifically waist and hip circumferences and skinfold thicknesses ( 2 - 5 ). (diabetesjournals.org)
- This lack of clarity in the epidemiologic literature regarding optimal measures of obesity for studies of diabetes risk is due at least in part to the nature of these proxy (surrogate) measurements. (diabetesjournals.org)
- In this context, the relatively few large epidemiologic cohorts that have conducted detailed baseline assessments of abdominal fat distribution in combination with prospective evaluations of outcomes such as incident diabetes can provide novel insights into the natural history of the obesity-diabetes relationship. (diabetesjournals.org)
- AMRA has entered into a unique international collaboration with Pfizer to investigate the relationship between fat and muscle distribution in the body and metabolic health, including risk factors for conditions such as obesity and diabetes. (drugtargetreview.com)
- This collaboration has the potential to better understand the relationship between fat and muscle distribution and obesity related conditions such as diabetes, NASH and cardiovascular diseases," said Tommy Johansson, Chief Executive Officer at AMRA. (drugtargetreview.com)
- It evaluates both modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for diabetes, including age, sex, ethnicity, parental history of diabetes, history of high blood glucose levels, use of antihypertensive medications, smoking, physical inactivity and sex/ethnicity-based waist circumference measures. (aihw.gov.au)
- Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the major public health problems worldwide, not only due to the increasing number of affected people, but also according to its relation with disability and premature mortality and not neglecting the costs involved in its treatment and prevention [ 1 , 2 ]. (hindawi.com)
- The relationship between obesity and diabetes has been well documented in the Ghanaian population [ 5 , 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
- Circumference With Hypertension and Diabetes in African American Women, South Carolina, 2007-2009. (cdc.gov)
- After controlling for all variables, waist circumference was independently associated with a 5-fold risk in hypertension and diabetes in African American women. (cdc.gov)
- Obesity is associated with hypertension and diabetes, which are risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) (1). (cdc.gov)
- We hypothesize that the risk of hypertension and diabetes would be higher for women with larger waist circumference, independent of sociodemographic and health-related variables. (cdc.gov)
Sexes3
- For both sexes a highly positive correlation was found between waist circumference and BMI, percentage of body fat, subscapular and suprailiac skinfold thicknesses, and the sum of skinfold measures. (who.int)
- Higher levels of the 3MPKS test and relative grip strength were associated with lower BMI and overweight/obesity risk in both sexes. (researchsquare.com)
- JANUARY 2019 between sedentary activity and obesity differ between the sexes. (cdc.gov)
Logistic regression2
- We performed crude and adjusted Poisson regression analyses for each obesity outcome and multinomial logistic regression for metabolic risk. (scielosp.org)
- The quartiles of health-related physical fitness results were identified as the dependent variable in the multiple linear and multiple logistic regression analysis to determine the associations of the health-related physical fitness measurements with the BMI distribution and the overweight/obesity risk as well as the dose-response relationship. (researchsquare.com)
Epidemic1
- inTrODUCTiOn One common treatment of the obesity epidemic involves the use of drugs (Hampp et al. (researchgate.net)
Abstract1
- Watching television and videos was positively associated with Abstract prevalence of abdominal obesity and obesity among men and wo- men. (cdc.gov)
Serum3
- 1 One reason might be inadequate adjustment for the time varying confounding that may occur by the change in serum testosterone levels over time, which in turn could affect treatment patterns in the future. (bmj.com)
- After talking to a colleague, you are convinced that adjusting for serum testosterone levels as a time varying confounder is necessary for a valid estimate of the causal effect of interest. (bmj.com)
- These observations reinforce the with less favourable patterns of serum importance of using waist circumference in lipoprotein concentrations, increased blood clinical practice [ 10 ]. (who.int)
Adults8
- Over an 8-yr follow-up, the detrimental effect of gaining weight might be reversible for many adults as most of those who reduced their body mass index values also increased their lung function. (ersjournals.com)
- Body weight, but not BMI, change was included among predictors of longitudinal change of D L,CO in adults from the Tucson Epidemiological Study of Obstructive Lung Disease, although its effect was not specifically addressed 8 . (ersjournals.com)
- To evaluate the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity and the concomitant presence of both outcomes and their determinants among adults living in a rural area. (scielosp.org)
- 1 ]. A central fat pattern has adverse health - abdominal fat), abdominal subcutaneous implications in both children and adults. (who.int)
- This study aimed to determine the associations of health-related physical fitness with body mass index (BMI) distribution and overweight/obesity risk among adults aged 23-64 years in Taiwan. (researchsquare.com)
- However, the sit-and-reach test was partially related to BMI and overweight/obesity risk in adults. (researchsquare.com)
- Cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular fitness were effective predictors of BMI distribution and overweight/obesity risk in Taiwanese adults. (researchsquare.com)
- Introduction these factors affect waist circumference and obesity prevalence among adults. (cdc.gov)
Measurements2
- Anthropometric measurements, body composition assessment, and metabolic parameters were measured at baseline and after 60 days of intervention. (biomedcentral.com)
- There is a sity (whether total or central), and to quan- suggestion that waist circumference alone tify the association of waist circumference may be a more useful and accurate tool in measurements with age and degree of BMI children than DXA etc. [ 6 ]. (who.int)
Deposition4
- Morris Birnbaum, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research, Pfizer, noted, "Obesity is often associated with the abnormal deposition of fat in tissues not designed for storage of lipids. (drugtargetreview.com)
- We aimed to examine the association of alcohol consumption with fat deposition and anthropometric measures. (go.jp)
- It has the Recent studies in children showed that a ability to act as a surrogate for abdominal greater deposition of central fat correlates fat [ 9 ]. (who.int)
- The main issue for clinicians or researchers is to use techniques for assessing abdominal fat deposition and its accumulation or changes over time, without sacrificing of experimental subjects. (biomedcentral.com)
Anthropometric measures2
- Background: Results of previous studies on the effect on glycaemic control of anthropometric measures of obesity, some economic status variables and the presence of metabolic syndrome are not consistent and appear to differ among health institutions. (bvsalud.org)
- Fasting blood glucose, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), lipid profile components levels as well as anthropometric measures of obesity were measured using standard measuring procedures for these variables. (bvsalud.org)
Commonly2
- This may result in a "mixing" effect brought on by the confounders, commonly referred to as confounding. (bmj.com)
- In sub-Saharan Africa, hypertension followed by obesity was the commonly known cardiometabolic risk factors associated with the general adult population [ 8 ]. (hindawi.com)
Excess4
- Some clinicians measure ALT levels in at-risk children starting at around 10 years old, but our findings underscore the importance of acting earlier in a child's life to prevent excess weight gain and subsequent liver inflammation," says Woo Baidal, who is also director of pediatric weight management and a pediatric gastroenterologist in the Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. (nyp.org)
- Exercise also leads to reduced inflammation, lower blood sugar levels, and improvements in other metabolic problems associated with excess abdominal fat (35Trusted Source). (bodybuilding.com)
- Polycystic ovary syndrome is characterized by irregular or no menstrual periods and often obesity or symptoms caused by high levels of male hormones (androgens), such as excess body hair and acne. (msdmanuals.com)
- When your BMI is 27 or greater, or you have excess abdominal fat (a waist measurement of 35 inches or greater in women, or 40 inches or greater in men), you're more likely to develop high blood pressure, increased blood lipid levels and coronary heart disease. (canyonranch.com)
Methods4
- Time varying confounding affected by previous exposure often occurs in practice, but it is usually adjusted for by using conventional analytical methods such as time dependent Cox regression, random effects models, or generalised estimating equations, which are known to provide biased effect estimates in this setting. (bmj.com)
- Here we discuss the concept of time varying confounding in observational studies and introduce methods that must be used to appropriately adjust for time varying confounders that are affected by previous treatment. (bmj.com)
- Statistical methods were used to discriminate the best region of interest allowing the in-vivo measure of Central Fat Mass by DXA. (biomedcentral.com)
- Methods: Anthropometric data from 215 (51.4%) male and 203 (48.6%) female patients seen in Gaborone between 2005 and 2015 were analysed to establish appropriate cut-off points for waist circumference (WC) corresponding to a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2. (bvsalud.org)
Hypertension1
- Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia are common in patients with DM, placing them at increased risk for cardiac events [ 10 , 11 ]. (hindawi.com)
Rates of obesity1
- On average, people with a higher body mass index have more body fat, so it can be useful for tracking rates of obesity, which have nearly tripled globally over the last several decades. (agemed.org)
Individuals with obesity2
- The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a novel probiotic strain Lacticaseibacillus paracasei K56 on body fat and metabolic biomarkers in adult individuals with obesity. (biomedcentral.com)
- As more data becomes available via collaborations such as ours, the research and medical community, will be better equipped to make decisions on how to improve and personalise treatments for individuals with obesity related diseases. (drugtargetreview.com)
General obesity3
- Abdominal obesity was more closely related with metabolic dysfunctions connected with cardiovascular disease than was general obesity. (wikipedia.org)
- We evaluated three outcomes: general obesity (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m 2 ), abdominal obesity (waist circumference ≥ 102 cm and ≥ 88 cm in men and women, respectively), and concomitant obesities, classified as: no risk, only one risk factor, and aggregate factors. (scielosp.org)
- Of them, 29.5% presented general obesity and 37.8% presented abdominal obesity. (scielosp.org)
Childhood obesity2
- With the rise in childhood obesity, we are seeing more kids with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in our pediatric weight management practice," said Jennifer Woo Baidal, MD, MPH, assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and lead author of the paper. (nyp.org)
- It also and to develop a comprehensive and may have devastating conse- examined the health and economic response to childhood obesity, the quences for this very vulnerable age consequences of obesity and their WHO Director-General established group. (who.int)
Percentage1
- All participants were weighed and measured at the start and end of treatment, including body weight, body fat percentage, fat mass, lean mass, muscle mass, BMI, and abdominal fat to see what impact auricular acupuncture with beads may have. (scitechdaily.com)
Health22
- Helping to reduce abdominal fat is among the amazing health benefits of exercise. (bodybuilding.com)
- Additionally, we measure participants' mental health, use of coping strategies, physical activity, and food security through a Color-coded Audio Computer Assisted Self Interview (C-ACASI). (bvsalud.org)
- Obesity is a complex chronic disease defined as excessive or abnormal fat accumulation that adversely affects health [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- However, safe and effective treatments for obesity are scarce and new strategies are needed to mitigate its substantial health effects. (biomedcentral.com)
- Although both abdominal fat and low CRF are significant predictors of health risk, the independent contribution of these two factors is not firmly established. (diabetesjournals.org)
- A blocked or disrupted flow of qi can have a negative effect on your physical and mental health. (scitechdaily.com)
- It can be a helpful health measure for large groups of people, but it won't tell you much about yourself. (agemed.org)
- May 18, 2021 (New York Times) - There are few single measures in health care that seem to carry as much weight as body mass index, or B.M.I. We encounter it not just at doctor's offices, but with online calculators and smart scales, at gyms and even when determining eligibility for the Covid vaccine . (agemed.org)
- But after talking with an epidemiologist, two obesity medicine physicians, a health psychologist and a sociologist, none claimed that B.M.I. was a very useful measure of a person's health. (agemed.org)
- And as people age, it's common to lose muscle and bone mass but gain abdominal fat, a change in body composition that would be concerning for health but might go unnoticed if it didn't change a person's B.M.I., Dr. Manson said. (agemed.org)
- The measure also does a poor job of predicting a person's metabolic health. (agemed.org)
- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that hemoglobin A1c ( HbA1c ) - a measure of long-term blood glucose level - predicts heart disease risk in both diabetics and non-diabetics. (reefchirocare.com)
- Overweight/obesity is not only a health burden in itself but also linked to many metabolic diseases. (springer.com)
- Health-related physical fitness reduces the risk of chronic disease, promotes quality of life and has enormous economic benefits considering the global health care costs resulting from obesity. (researchsquare.com)
- However, relatively limited information is available regarding the dose-response relationship between health-related physical fitness and obesity risk. (researchsquare.com)
- We used cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutri- derstanding of their contribution to obesity. (cdc.gov)
- The average maximal dose of phentermine was above that approved in the package insert, and these physicians disagreed with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Obesity Treatment Guidelines. (researchgate.net)
- Obesity has become a serious public health problem. (researchgate.net)
- Eating-out is common in almost all countries, including Malaysia, but this frequent practice may affect human health. (nutriweb.org.my)
- Obesity is a substantial public health crisis in the United States, and internationally, with the prevalence increasing rapidly in numerous industrialized nations. (medscape.com)
- Although several classifications and definitions for degrees of obesity are accepted, the most widely accepted classifications are those from the World Health Organization (WHO), based on body mass index (BMI). (medscape.com)
- Improving Brain Health for Populations Disproportionately Affected by Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. (cdc.gov)
Metabolic disorders1
- Because abdominal obesity is predisposed to various metabolic disorders, it is of major importance to assess and track the changes with time of this specific fat mass. (biomedcentral.com)
Outcomes3
- Stress and biological stress influences may affect pathological physiological outcomes such as cardiovascular disease. (cdc.gov)
- Secondary outcomes are symptoms of anxiety and depression, coping strategies, the use of safety measures and attitudes towards acceptance of abuse. (bvsalud.org)
- However, rural activities were a protective factor for obesity outcomes. (scielosp.org)
Adult1
- WHO Child Growth Standards at age use since the late 1970s, did not ad- younger than 5 years has been in- 5 years and with the recommended equately represent early childhood creasing steadily, from 4.8% in 1990 adult cut-off points for overweight and growth and that new growth curves to 6.2% in 2015 (Fig. 1.1), despite obesity at age 19 years [6]. (who.int)
Triglycerides2
- For my patients, I typically look at their blood pressure, blood sugar, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides values, and their waist circumference," says Harvard Heart Letter editor-in-chief Dr. Deepak L. Bhatt, who directs interventional cardiovascular programs at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital. (vivalasami.com)
- Specific antiretroviral therapies are known to affect individual components of the metabolic syndrome adversely, such as increasing triglycerides (lopinavir/ritonavir,32 nevirapine,33 and nelfinavir33) and increasing fasting glucose (indinavir34 and lopinavir/ritonavir35). (natap.org)
Strongly linked1
- Abdominal obesity has been strongly linked to cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, and other metabolic and vascular diseases. (wikipedia.org)
Participants1
- At the same time, participants were given guidance on diet, and body weight was measured. (scitechdaily.com)
Consumption4
- Although the prevalence of smoking in the Western world has progressively declined over the past forty years - due largely to effective and comprehensive tobacco control measures - tobacco consumption remains high in many countries across Asia where about 40-70% of men smoke [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Considered as by-products of the processes of accelerated urbanization and globalization, the consumption of high energy density foods, sedentary lifestyle, and obesity showed an increase in their prevalences in the last decades in middle- and low-income countries 2 2. (scielosp.org)
- These associations remained significant after further adjustment for BMI, whereas alcohol consumption had no significant association with abdominal SAT area. (go.jp)
- however, the relation- and food consumption are associated with obesity. (cdc.gov)
Treatments1
- Although diet, surgery, and exercise are the primary treatments for obesity, these activities are often supplemented using appetite suppressants. (researchgate.net)
Body mass4
- According to recent research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Dublin, Ireland (17-20 May), ear acupuncture using metal beads, when paired with a restricted diet, can assist in weight loss, lowering body mass index (BMI), and reducing body fat. (scitechdaily.com)
- Obesity defined by body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference was associated with inflammation [ 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Obesity is usually measured using body mass index (BMI). (cdc.gov)
- Diet, exercise, and behavioral modification should be included in all obesity management approaches for body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m 2 or higher. (medscape.com)
Thickness1
- Though it doesn't measure the exact amount of fat you carry-only a DEXA scan can do that precisely, though calipers (the tool used to pinch skin folds and measure thickness) can come close-research shows that BMI does provide a useful estimate. (canyonranch.com)
Risk factors2
- The severity of having one or more aggregated cardiovascular risk factors for metabolic syndrome is known as the metabolic syndrome severity (MetSS), and can be measured with the metabolic syndrome severity score (MetSSS). (biomedcentral.com)
- Poor diet, low levels of physical activity, and high levels of sedentary activities are risk factors for obesity. (cdc.gov)
Thigh1
- In this cooperation, the AMRA Profiler Research delivers analysis of precise measures of abdominal fat distribution and thigh muscle volumes, ultimately allowing for advanced phenotyping of subjects. (drugtargetreview.com)
Adolescents2
Results4
- The magnitude of the effect was comparable to results from RCT. (bvsalud.org)
- The results suggest that supplementation with different doses of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei K56 has certain effect on reducing body fat and glycosylated hemoglobin, especially at a dose of 10 9 CFU/day. (biomedcentral.com)
- Recent studies have alluded to a possible harmful effect, although results have been contradictory. (bmj.com)
- Our results suggest that HIV itself, treatment, and host factors affect the risk of metabolic syndrome in HIV disease. (natap.org)
Diseases2
- The objective of the collaboration is to help provide a better understanding of the relationship between body composition and risk for obesity related diseases, as well as a broader understanding of conditions linked to body composition. (drugtargetreview.com)
- In 2012, 15 years after the first and mortality from many noncommu- ganization (WHO), recognizing the Expert Consultation on Obesity was nicable diseases (NCDs). (who.int)