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Methods8
  • 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)
  • Two common methods to assess the degree of obesity are measuring waist circumference, a surrogate for abdominal fat, and calculating the body mass index (BMI). (psychiatrist.com)
  • This study provides data on the comparison of the two most clinically relevant body composition methods in pediatric obese patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Moreover, no data are available on the comparison of two clinically relevant body composition methods for children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Methods A total of 51 Spanish girls (age 7-16 years) with abdominal obesity underwent 8 weeks of a multidisciplinary intervention for weight loss. (unav.edu)
  • Twenty-two normal healthy people were measured by the drainage volume (LV) and oversleeve measuring limb volume (OMLV) methods, so as to verify the accuracy of OMLV. (bvsalud.org)
  • METHODS: A fasting blood sample was taken in 93 pubertal obese adolescents aged 13-18 years old (39 males, 54 females) for the assessment of cardiometabolic risk markers (glucose, lipid profiles, insulin resistence, and inflammatory and endothelial dysfunction markers). (bvsalud.org)
  • METHODS AND RESULTS: We included 4840 adults (mean age 41.6 ± 7.9 years, 79% male) undergoing routine health screening examinations. (bvsalud.org)
Anthropometric13
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 1 Waist circumference has been shown to be the anthropometric index that best predicts the distribution of adipose tissue in fat compartments such as the abdominal region. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Both anthropometric measures were useful screening tools to identify metabolic syndrome. (cdc.gov)
  • WHO, and the World Bank Group ing need to develop an appropriate prehensive review of the uses and released updated joint child malnu- single growth reference for screen- interpretation of anthropometric ref- trition estimates based on 778 na- ing and monitoring of school-aged erences. (who.int)
  • Body composition and anthropometric outcomes were measured at baseline and at 6 months and 18 months from baseline. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The objective of the study is to evaluate anthropometric and metabolic parameters in obese Egyptian children and correlate them with hs-CRP level. (springeropen.com)
  • For anthropometric variables, they were significantly higher in obese group than normal weight except for height ( P value 0.001). (springeropen.com)
  • This study was carried out to evaluate anthropometric and metabolic parameters in obese Egyptian children and correlate them with CRP level. (springeropen.com)
  • The following data were collected: personal (sex and date of birth), anthropometric (weight, height, waist, and hip measurements) were taken. (springeropen.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Anthropometric measures of adiposity, such a body mass index, waist-to-stature ratio, arm circumference and waist circumference,should be considered in the clinical evaluation of obese adolescents. (bvsalud.org)
  • Anthropometric screenings included measurement of height, weight, waist circumference and body mass index (BMI). (biomedcentral.com)
  • This research seeks to examine the association between estimated dietary BCAA consumption and glycemic, and metabolic markers, as well as anthropometric parameters in adults classified as overweight or obese. (biomedcentral.com)
Surrogate for abdominal1
  • 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)
Percentile5
  • A total of 13 086 children aged 7 - 12 years were screened and those with waist circumference = 90th percentile of their age were invited for further evaluations. (pharmapdf.com)
  • The current recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics is to track BMI percentile for children on a yearly basis. (txpeds.org)
  • if the BMI = 95th percentile, the child is considered obese. (txpeds.org)
  • For children younger than 2 years, weight-for-height values above the 95th percentile are classified as overweight. (txpeds.org)
  • the obesity was defined according to the sex- and age-specific growth charts proposed by National Research Center as BMI ≥ 95th percentile and other 50 age-matched non-obese (BMI between 25th and 85th percentile) children as controls. (springeropen.com)
Pediatric3
  • At clinical routine due to its feasibility, safety, and efficiency, bioelectrical impedance analysis is appropriate for obese pediatric patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It is as important for pediatric practitioners to identify overweight and obese children as it is to recognize patients in whom BMI is increasing. (txpeds.org)
  • From the paper: 'a recent study indicates that salivary epigenetics, an easy measure to obtain in field or clinic, can be used to further explore the questions of pediatric obesity and related outcomes. (cdc.gov)
Triglyceride6
  • Mean levels of triglyceride and Apo-lipoprotein B in obese children were signifi cantly higher than overweight participants. (pharmapdf.com)
  • Clinical diagnosis is made on the basis of the presence of 3 of 5 conditions: 1) high triglyceride level, 2) low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level, 3) high fasting blood glucose level, 4) presence of central obesity (ie, high waist circumference), and 5) high blood pressure ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • However, even in the absence of the hyperglycaemic state which characterizes type 2 diabetic patients, non diabetic individuals with a specific form of obesity, named abdominal obesity, often show clustering metabolic abnormalities which include high triglyceride levels, increased apolipoprotein B, small dense low density lipoproteins and decreased high density lipoproteins-cholesterol levels, a hyperinsulinemic-insulin resistant state, alterations in coagulation factors as well as an inflammatory profile. (researchgate.net)
  • This agglomeration of abnormalities has been referred to as the metabolic syndrome which can be identified by the presence of three of the five following variables: abdominal obesity, elevated triglyceride concentrations, low HDL-cholesterol levels, increased blood pressure and elevated fasting glucose. (researchgate.net)
  • Testosterone has been found to inhibit triglyceride uptake and lipoprotein lipase activity and cause a rapid turnover of triglycerides in abdominal adipose tissue (Martin et al, 1996). (bhma.org)
  • The waist-to-stature ratio was able to predict the triglyceride values (r² = 0.090). (bvsalud.org)
Type 2 Diabet2
  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Particular attention should also be focused on the occurrence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in children. (txpeds.org)
  • Children and adolescents who were obese from childhood to adulthood were associated with increased risk of many metabolic abnormalities and type 2 diabetes mellitus, suggesting that obese individuals show an unfavorable metabolic profile that is associated with high cardiovascular risk [ 2 , 3 ]. (springeropen.com)
Individuals11
  • Systolic blood pressure values were higher observed in individuals with severe obesity and increased waist circumference, as well as those of the male sex and in the group of adolescents. (bvsalud.org)
  • Blood hypertension, although treatable and easy to be clinically measured and assessed, is a silent disease, whose degenerative and cumulative effect is greater for younger individuals due to their longer exposure. (bvsalud.org)
  • Weight loss in obese individuals significantly lowers the risk of health problems and early death. (adam.com)
  • Support achieving and maintaining a healthy weight in overweight individuals by helping to moderately reduce weight and body mass index. (vitalitymagazine.com)
  • Dietary restriction is an effective strategy for weight loss in obese individuals. (researchgate.net)
  • Overweight and obese individuals that increased PAL also experienced a decrease in -5.8% -4.6% in non-HDL concentrations from baseline to follow-up (p (bvsalud.org)
  • To circumvent this potential interpretational problem, we aimed at providing an overview about whether and how dietary supplementation of different complex carbohydrates changes the gut microbiome in healthy non-obese individuals. (frontiersin.org)
  • In this cross-sectional analysis, we gathered data from 465 overweight and obese individuals aged between 18 and 37 years. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends the use of body mass index (BMI) to assess overweight and obese individuals. (dasefxofficial.com)
  • It advises the measurement of waist circumference to supplement this in individuals with a BMI under 35 kg/m 2 . (dasefxofficial.com)
  • 35 kg/m 2 , ie in overweight or obese grade 1 individuals, as follows. (dasefxofficial.com)
Factors in overweight2
Measurement5
  • Pregnant women and persons who weighed more than 600 pounds were excluded from the sagittal abdominal diameter measurement. (cdc.gov)
  • Unfortunately, accurate measurement of the body fat percentage is much more difficult than measurement of BMI [ 6 ].Thus, many researches recommend other obesity measurements including waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and skinfold thickness [ 5 , 7 ]. (annexpublishers.co)
  • A body volume measurement kit was designed based on the drainage volume method and the circumference measurement method. (bvsalud.org)
  • Twenty-eight patients with lymphedema diagnosed by the circumdiameter measurement (CDM) method were measured with OMLV for comparison. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although there is a well-known association between cardiorespiratory endurance and health outcomes in adults, the measurement of cardiorespiratory endurance in youth and of its relationship to health outcomes is relatively new to the literature. (nationalacademies.org)
Metabolic syndrome16
  • Metabolic syndrome is increasing among adolescents. (cdc.gov)
  • We examined the utility of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference to identify metabolic syndrome in adolescent girls. (cdc.gov)
  • Participants were designated as having metabolic syndrome if they met criteria for 3 of 5 variables: 1) high blood pressure, 2) low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, 3) high fasting blood glucose level, 4) high waist circumference, and 5) high triglyceride level. (cdc.gov)
  • We predicted the likelihood of the presence of metabolic syndrome by using previously established cutpoints of BMI and waist circumference. (cdc.gov)
  • 001). Girls with a waist circumference above the cutpoint were more likely than girls with a waist circumference below the cutpoint to have metabolic syndrome ( P = .002). (cdc.gov)
  • Stepwise regression showed that only waist circumference significantly predicted metabolic syndrome. (cdc.gov)
  • Waist circumference was a better predictor of metabolic syndrome than was BMI in our study sample of predominantly African American female adolescents living in an urban area. (cdc.gov)
  • The metabolic syndrome classification is of interest in epidemiologic studies because of its ability to predict the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes in adults ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Because Katzmarzyk et al did not determine whether these cutpoints identified metabolic syndrome, we attempted to do so in a sample of predominantly African American adolescent girls who attended high school and who lived in an urban area. (cdc.gov)
  • Metabolic syndrome linked to abdominal obesity is also predictive of recurrent coronary events both in post-myocardial infarction patients and among coronary artery disease men who underwent a revascularization procedures. (researchgate.net)
  • It is suggested that until the epidemic progression of obesity is stopped and obesity prevented or at least properly managed, cardiologists will be confronted to an evolving contribution of risk factors where smoking, hypercholesterolemia and hypertension may be relatively less prevalent but at the expense of a much greater contribution of abdominal obesity and related features of the metabolic syndrome. (researchgate.net)
  • The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a constellation of metabolic risk factors (including hypertension, dyslipidaemia, abdominal obesity and impaired glucose metabolism), which is associated with a twofold increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) (Ford, 2005), and an even higher risk of T2DM (Grundy, 2008). (bhma.org)
  • 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)
  • Treat metabolic syndrome , by reducing body mass index, waist circumference and body fat percentage, fasting glucose and lipid levels. (vitalitymagazine.com)
  • Media use may influence metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cardiovascular diseases in adults are associated with cardio-metabolic factors including hypertension, dyslipidaemia, abdominal obesity and abnormal glucose regulation- the combination of which is known as metabolic syndrome (MetS) [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
Ratio4
  • 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)
  • To evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and various measurements such as waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in obese children. (annexpublishers.co)
  • 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)
  • Upon adjusting for confounders, those in the highest tertiles of BCAA intake exhibited an increase in weight, BMI, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and fat-free mass (FFM). (biomedcentral.com)
Hypertension4
Points for overweight1
  • 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)
Morbidity2
  • 8 Obese children are at increased risk for adult mortality and morbidity particularly from CVD. (pharmapdf.com)
  • Additionally, childhood obesity may be an independent risk factor for adult morbidity and mortality, regardless of the persistence of childhood obesity ( 2 ). (txpeds.org)
Participants5
  • The recruitment of participants was done through the disclosure of the research in Basic Health Units, in collaboration with the City Hall Department of Health, including overweight or obese children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years of age. (bvsalud.org)
  • Participants were divided into two groups of over- weight or obese according to International Obesity Task Force criteria. (pharmapdf.com)
  • All survey participants were eligible for the body measures component. (cdc.gov)
  • The body measures data for these participants are not reported. (cdc.gov)
  • The waist circumference for 104 (56%) participants was above the cutpoint. (cdc.gov)
Accompanying cardiovascular1
  • 9 Limited number of studies have been performed on child- Professor Bagher Larijani, Endocrinology and hood obesity and accompanying cardiovascular risk factors in Metabolism Research Center, Doctor Shariati Hospital, North the developing world. (pharmapdf.com)
Cutoff points1
  • Currently, there are no cutoff points to define obesity in children younger than 2 years. (txpeds.org)
28.71
  • When present in overweight children and adolescents, high blood pressure (BP) may have values from two to six times higher than those found in eutrophic children and adolescents, with variations between 28.7% and 46.4%, respectively, for overweight and obesity 6,7 . (bvsalud.org)
Glucose3
Cardiometabolic5
  • In a study among South African blacks, WHtR was found as a significant predictor for all cardiometabolic risk components after 5 years in an adult population [ 18 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The present cross-sectional study investigated the occurrence of metabolic consequences of obesity in adolescents and the use of adiposity indicators as predictors of cardiometabolic risk. (bvsalud.org)
  • For boys, the arm circumference values predicted the increase in fasting insulin (r² = 0.200), homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (r² = 0.267) and cardiometabolic risk score (r² = 0.338). (bvsalud.org)
  • We aimed to prospectively examine the effects of self-initiated longitudinal PAL changes on body mass index (BMI) and cardiometabolic parameters in normal weight, overweight and obese adults. (bvsalud.org)
  • We conclude that supplemental complex carbohydrates that increase Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli, without increasing the deleterious Bacteroides , are most likely promoting cardiometabolic and immunological health in obese subjects. (frontiersin.org)
Childhood overweight1
  • Cord blood metabolites and rapid postnatal growth as multiple mediators in the prenatal propensity to childhood overweight. (who.int)
Years19
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Cross-sectional study including 200 children and adolescents between two and 18 years old. (bvsalud.org)
  • In Brazil, the Family Budget Survey (POF) 2 held in 2008-2009, found that overweight and obesity are increasing, reaching respectively 21.7% and 5.9% of adolescents and 34.8% and 16.6% of children in the years surveyed. (bvsalud.org)
  • In total, 38 children and adolescents (age: 10-18 years, BMI: 25-54 kg/m 2 ) were included. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In 2016, 41 million children younger than 5 years and 340 million children and adolescents aged between five to nineteen years, were overweight or obese [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • For the males, the BMI scores were strongly correlated with the HC for children younger than 14 years, and this correlation was weaker for children older than 14 years. (annexpublishers.co)
  • In recent years, the prevalence of obesity has been increasing in children. (annexpublishers.co)
  • Obesity in Adolescents Obesity is now twice as common among adolescents than it was 30 years ago and is one of the most common reasons for visits to adolescent clinics. (msdmanuals.com)
  • However, than 5 years and in adults. (who.int)
  • WHO developed a growth reference for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO than 90% of all children younger for these population groups (aged child growth reference, which had than 5 years globally. (who.int)
  • as at 2015, Ghana recorded 266,200 cases with a prevalence rate of 1.9% in adults (20-79 years). (hindawi.com)
  • For children aged 2 to 20 years, age- and gender-specific references for BMI exist. (txpeds.org)
  • The growth curves for children younger than 2 years do not include BMI percentiles, as BMI standards for children in that age group do not exist. (txpeds.org)
  • This cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 adults aged 30 to 70 years old. (nutriweb.org.my)
  • The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the distribution of 25(OH)D levels in a cohort of healthy Italian school-age children, aged 5-10 years, in relationship to determinants of vitamin D deficiency such as season, BMI, gender, age and ethnicity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • DM exposure increased as children grew older (from 2.2 h/day at 2 years to 4.2 h/day at 16 years). (biomedcentral.com)
  • PhD (Exercise Physiology) and over 15 years' experience as an AEP developing, delivering, and disseminating exercise interventions in adults with obesity and related chronic diseases. (edu.au)
Prevalence among1
  • Although the prevalence among adolescents is increasing, it is still low and routine laboratory screening is not needed. (cdc.gov)
Triglycerides1
Severe obesity3
Percentage of body fat2
  • 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)
  • Measuring body fat can be cumbersome (ie, measuring the percentage of body fat). (psychiatrist.com)
19901
  • Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies examining the association between obesity and academic performance in children and adolescents, published between January 1990 and December 2016, were included. (bvsalud.org)
Lipid profile1
  • A significant difference was reported for all lipid profile parameters between obese and normal-weight groups ( P value 0.001). (springeropen.com)
Parameters1
  • HC, WHtR, and WC may be used as alternative parameters for measuring obesity, with considerations of age and gender. (annexpublishers.co)
Negatively2
  • 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)
  • The expression of miR-221-3p was positively correlated with body weight, BMI and waist circumference, and negatively correlated with quantitative insulin sensitivity check index. (unav.edu)
MetS6
  • To assess the association between MetS severity and amount of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emitted in an adult population. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A two-step procedure was conducted: first, individual age-dependent DM trajectories were calculated using linear mixed regressions based on random intercept (hours/day) and linear slopes (hours/day/year) and used as exposure measures in association with MetS at a second step. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Children with increasing DM trajectories above mean had a 30% higher risk of developing MetS (slope: OR = 1.30, 95%CI = 1.04-1.62). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Digital media use appears to be a risk factor for the development of MetS in children and adolescents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) and International Diabetes Federation (IDF) definitions for MetS were applied. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The two most frequently used definitions for MetS are from the National Cholesterol Education Programs Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). (biomedcentral.com)
Food consumption1
  • Are Physical Activity and Sedentary Screen Time Levels Associated With Food Consumption in European Adolescents? (who.int)
Concentrations1
  • 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)
Body composition2
Dyslipidemia1
Sexes1
  • Higher levels of the 3MPKS test and relative grip strength were associated with lower BMI and overweight/obesity risk in both sexes. (researchsquare.com)
39.81
  • According to the latest figures available (2015-2016), 39.8% of American adults (age 20 and older) are obese, and 71.6% are obese or overweight. (adam.com)
WHtR2
  • The associations of the BMI scores with the WHtR and WC indicated that obesity mainly presents as abdominal obesity in children. (annexpublishers.co)
  • Therefore, in this research we aimed to evaluate the relationship between BMI and a variety of measurements such as WC, HC, WHR, and WHtR in obese children. (annexpublishers.co)
Indicated that obesity1
  • Post-mortem analyses of coronary arteries have indicated that obesity (associated with a high accumulation of abdominal fat measured at autopsy) was predictive of earlier and greater extent of large vessels atherosclerosis as well as increase of coronary fatty streaks. (researchgate.net)
Consumption3
  • Despite more improvement in the muscle strength and circumference, the beneficial effects of RT were not augmented by additional post-exercise milk consumption in the male patients with T2D. (ac.ir)
  • To estimate the association of infrequent breakfast consumption with socioeconomic, behavioral, and individual factors in a sample of Brazilian adolescents from public schools. (bvsalud.org)
  • Male adolescents who lived in owned houses, with occasional consumption of industrialized beverages and a higher percentage of energy derived from processed foods, had lower chances of infrequent breakfast consumption, while non-white adolescents had higher chances. (bvsalud.org)
Adiposity1
  • NICE advises BMI be used as a practical measure of adiposity, but warns that this should be interpreted with caution, as it is not a direct measure. (dasefxofficial.com)
Pediatrics2
  • Data were collected at the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine in Vienna from September 2015 to May 2017. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This is a case-control study carried out in outpatient clinic of pediatrics in Minia maternity and children hospital, through the period from March 2018 to June 2019. (springeropen.com)
Prediction1
Moderately1
  • Teaching parents healthy lifestyle skills can lead to a sustained weight reduction in moderately obese children, including those in ethnically diverse populations. (adam.com)
20161
  • One ty in adolescents, using data avail- overweight" is defined as weight-for- of the nine targets is to "halt the rise able in 2016. (who.int)
Results2
  • 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)
  • Results can be used to strengthen the formulation of appropriate, evidence-based policies to address household food insecurity and low DDS among mothers and young children. (nutriweb.org.my)
Weight reduction2
  • Aetna considers up to a combined limit of 26 individual or group visits by any recognized provider per 12-month period as medically necessary for weight reduction counseling in adults who are obese (as defined by BMI greater than or equal to 30 kg/m 2 Footnotes ** ). (aetna.com)
  • Aetna considers the FDA-cleared weight reduction device, Plenity (Gelesis, Inc.), as medically necessary to aid in weight management in overweight and obese adults with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25-40 kg/m 2 , when used in conjunction with diet and exercise. (aetna.com)
Medically1
  • The number of medically necessary visits for obese children are left to the discretion of the member's physician. (aetna.com)
Diastolic1
  • The majority of children and adolescents (70.5 %) had high blood pressure: 6% showed an increase only in the systolic blood pressure, 33% in diastolic blood pressure and 31.5 % in both. (bvsalud.org)
Young adults2
  • In the United States (US) CHD is the second leading cause of all natural deaths in young adults ages 18-24[ 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • From the abstract: ' In our study, all of the 203 young adults with abdominal obesity had some rare variant in the genes associated with obesity. (cdc.gov)
Longitudinal1
  • This is a cross-sectional study based on a longitudinal study that followed overweight children and adolescents at the Center for Childhood Obesity (COI), Elpidio de Almeida Health Institute (ISEA) between April 2009 and March 2010 in Campina Grande-PB. (bvsalud.org)
Blood5
Cardiorespiratory3
  • Cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular fitness were effective predictors of BMI distribution and overweight/obesity risk in Taiwanese adults. (researchsquare.com)
  • Based on its relationship to health, as well as its reliability, validity, and feasibility, a timed or progressive shuttle run, such as the 20-meter shuttle run, is appropriate for measuring cardiorespiratory endurance in youth. (nationalacademies.org)
  • This chapter presents the committee's review of the scientific literature that explores the relationship between specific field tests of cardiorespiratory endurance and health outcomes in youth. (nationalacademies.org)
Significantly higher1
  • Being obese, particularly with a BMI over 35, is associated with a significantly higher death rate. (adam.com)
Intervention1
  • We found that CALERIE intervention slowed the pace of aging, as measured by the DunedinPACE DNAm algorithm, but did not lead to significant changes in biological age estimates measured by various DNAm clocks including PhenoAge and GrimAge. (cdc.gov)
High4
Complications1
Risk factors2