• Although a slowing down in the increase has been noted only recently in some countries, the high prevalence of childhood obesity is a concern because the large number of overweight children remain overweight during adulthood. (fatsoflife.com)
  • A further line of thinking is that a decreased hippocampal-mediated feedback on energy signals, caused by a Westernized diet with too high intake of saturated fatty acids and total energy, and a lack of specific beneficial nutrients that support hippocampal regulation of food intake and metabolism, may underlie a cognitive defect that allows overconsumption and the development of the overweight state. (fatsoflife.com)
  • The researchers grouped 11482 participants according to three body mass index categories (normal weight, overweight, and obese) to assess the effects of body mass index and different treatment regimens on heart-related events (cardiovascular deaths, hearts attacks, and strokes). (medicalxpress.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)
  • modestly overweight had a higher risk for heart disease. (formerfatguyblog.com)
  • Overall, the risk of heart failure increased by 180 percent in men who met the definition of obesity according to their body mass index (BMI of 30 and higher), and by 49 percent in men who met the definition of overweight (a BMI of 25 to 30). (formerfatguyblog.com)
  • Most were lean at the time of the study, but a few qualified as overweight, based on their body mass indexes. (iage.com)
  • When you are overweight, a 5% to 7% loss of body weight can improve your health and quality of life. (johnmuirhealth.com)
  • That's because muscle tissue is dense, and you may be in great health, look fantastic but your BMI says your overweight due to the amount of lean mass you have. (fitday.com)
  • The researchers also reported that pericardial fat was weakly or moderately correlated with indicators of being overweight or obese such as body mass index, waist girth, hip circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio, and that it remained a risk factor for heart failure above and beyond the risk from being overweight or obese. (worldhealth.net)
  • In fact, pericardial fat was associated with new heart failure cases regardless of whether the participants were lean, overweight, or obese. (worldhealth.net)
  • Studies show that being obese or overweight is linked to higher rates of many kinds of cancer, including prostate cancer. (uclahealth.org)
  • The body mass index (BMI) is used to define overweight and obesity. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Brazil is facing a defining moment of nutritional transition, in which the overweight and obesity prevalence exceeds malnutrition 5 , and food consumption is based on a great intake of foods high in fat and sugar and poor in nutrients 6,7 . (bvsalud.org)
  • One of the factors that contributes to overweight is the early introduction of ultraprocessed foods in the diet, which negatively affect health, since these foods are rich in fat, sugar, sodium and they have high energy density 15 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Although rates may be plateauing in some settings, in absolute numbers there are more children who are overweight and obese in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries. (who.int)
  • Nutritional parameters included serum albumin level, subjective global nutritional assessment (SGA), and body composition evaluated by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). (dadamo.com)
  • Body mass index versus dual energy x-ray absorptiometry-derived indexes: predictors of cardiovascular and diabetic disease risk factors. (cdc.gov)
  • Regression methods focusing on explained variance in blood pressure, high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and blood glucose compare the use of BMI to that of fat- and lean-mass indexes derived from dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). (cdc.gov)
  • These measures of body composition vary with age and sex. (ajol.info)
  • However, fat-free mass refers primarily to muscle mass, especially while considering body composition and weight management. (healthifyme.com)
  • Your body composition consists of two components: fat component and fat-free component. (healthifyme.com)
  • Therefore, fat-free mass is a preferential part of your body composition. (healthifyme.com)
  • Therefore, you need to know more about your body composition to understand your fat-free mass completely. (healthifyme.com)
  • Your body composition comprises fat mass and fat-free mass. (healthifyme.com)
  • To improve your fat-free mass, you need to take care of your body composition. (healthifyme.com)
  • Body composition could explain the inverse J shape of the mortality curve noted with increasing BMI. (nih.gov)
  • Whole body calorimetry and composition and whole body bioimpedance analysis for weight reduction and other indications. (aetna.com)
  • However, no studies have investigated the body composition of those regularly consuming nuts compared to similar intakes of other snacks of equal energy density. (hindawi.com)
  • Effects on body weight and composition, blood lipids and lipoproteins, resting metabolic rate (RMR), appetite indices, and dietary quality were compared. (hindawi.com)
  • As well as charting weight changes, the app calculates and charts Body Mass Index (BMI), Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and estimates what it dubs your 'Metabolic age' -- the latter, which might be about the same as your actual age, or lower (better) or higher (less good), is calculated by comparing weight and body composition to other users with similar profiles (i.e. weight, sex, age). (yahoo.com)
  • To measure body composition (muscle, fat, bone mass etc) the Body Scan uses a technique called multifrequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA). (yahoo.com)
  • Additionally, it charts your body composition data, also breaking out Lean Mass, Water Mass and Visceral Fat Index in separate graphs. (yahoo.com)
  • Powered by multiple frequencies, Body Smart uses an undetectable electric current to calculate your precise body composition. (withings.com)
  • Whether gestational phthalate or phenol exposure is associated with infant body composition has not been investigated in humans. (cdc.gov)
  • OBJECTIVE: We examined associations between biomarkers of phthalate and phenol exposure in midpregnancy and infant size and body composition at birth and at 5 months of age. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, we must consume our baseline fluid needs to support a healthy metabolism and obtain a lean body . (eatthis.com)
  • It also contributes in satiety, boost your metabolism and maintain your lean muscle mass. (tarladalal.com)
  • Amino acids can be classified as either essential (indispensable amino acids that cannot be produced during metabolism by the body and therefore must be provided by our diet) or non-essential (dispensable amino acids that can be produced endogenously in the body from other proteins). (eufic.org)
  • Track your hydration level and boost your metabolism by achieving an optimal lean mass. (withings.com)
  • With less lean body mass, metabolism slows and the risk for diabetes increases. (medscape.com)
  • Like the plasma concentration, the relative levels of the higher-order structures are sexually dimorphic, where females have increased proportions of the high-molecular-weight forms. (wikipedia.org)
  • Recent studies showed that the high-molecular-weight form may be the most biologically active form regarding glucose homeostasis. (wikipedia.org)
  • High-molecular-weight adiponectin was further found to be associated with a lower risk of diabetes with similar magnitude of association as total adiponectin. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, coronary artery disease has been found to be positively associated with high molecular weight adiponectin, but not with low molecular weight adiponectin. (wikipedia.org)
  • A relatively new idea explaining the obesity epidemic is that body weight is to a major extent under external control, i.e. our brain does not exert an inhibitory control over eating under most circumstances, and we engage in appetitive behavior unless the financial or physical cost of access to food is high. (fatsoflife.com)
  • As a result of increased access to food in general, eating and body weight will increase by default . (fatsoflife.com)
  • PHOENIX, Ariz. - March 24, 2022 - Severe fatty liver disease is commonly associated with obesity, but according to a review of scientific literature conducted by researchers at Temple University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) , an affiliate of City of Hope , there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that even normal weight individuals can contract this potentially life-threatening condition. (tgen.org)
  • Because fatty liver disease, in most cases, is a clinically silent condition, the absence of early signs and symptoms, coupled with normal laboratory and body measurements, blind clinicians to the presence of severe liver disease in normal weight individuals," said Johanna DiStefano , Ph.D., Professor in TGen's Metabolic and Fibrotic Disease Program, and head of TGen's Diabetes and Fibrotic Disease Unit. (tgen.org)
  • A major question is whether NAFLD in lean individuals represents a distinct disease requiring specific management, as suggested by many researchers, or is it a type of classical obesity-associated NAFLD that will respond to the current approach of weight loss, and the control of insulin resistance, high blood pressure, and excessive fat in blood? (tgen.org)
  • Body mass index (BMI) is a commonly used simple measure that combines weight and height to classify obesity. (bmj.com)
  • Calcium channel blockers, meanwhile, work equally well in people in all weight groups, including lean individuals. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Mediators of the renoprotection, specifically linked to obesity and body weight control, include a reduced renal inflammation and TGF-beta expression, together with an enhanced level of adiponectin. (hindawi.com)
  • Altogether, these data identify a specific role of body weight control by a high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet in the progression of DN. (hindawi.com)
  • Body weight control thus impacts on local intrarenal advanced glycation and oxidative stress through inflammation and adiponectin levels. (hindawi.com)
  • This rat strain has the same hypertensive background as SHR but also a genetic mutation in the leptin receptor gene, which leads to hyperphagia with an attendant wide range of metabolic abnormalities, that is, high body weight, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and hyperinsulinemia. (hindawi.com)
  • The observation that a high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet reduces effectively body weight without calorie restriction [ 13 , 14 ] led us to use a similar isocaloric diet in our rat model to better identify factors mediating the weight-related factors involved in the genesis of DN. (hindawi.com)
  • A research article shows that you obtain fat-free mass after subtracting essential fat sources from total body weight. (healthifyme.com)
  • Therefore, your fat-free mass index indicates the proportion of body weight free from the above fat. (healthifyme.com)
  • Gaining your fat-free body mass can be beneficial for weight management. (healthifyme.com)
  • In addition, a proper control of gestational weight gain would improve the outcomes in mothers with high pre-gestational body mass index (BMI). (mdpi.com)
  • The body weight of infected persons was ≈25 kg heavier than that of uninfected persons ( 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This the in-home version of 7 Minute Muscle that requires only bands, a rubber ball, and your body weight. (formerfatguyblog.com)
  • METHODS: A total of 40 swimmers, 20 girls (age: 13.70 ± 1.80 y, height: 161.65 ± 8.28 cm, body weight: 53.70 ± 8.65 kg) and 20 boys (age: 13.90 ± … 1.45 y, height: 160.95 ± 12.70 cm, body weight: 52.95 ± 12.64 kg), 13-16 y of age, at the competitive level were recruited. (iospress.com)
  • OBJECTIVES: The body mass index (BMI), a ratio of weight/height(2), dominates estimation of adiposity in population studies. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, we examined morbidity and mortality risks associated with body weight in people with IDDM. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Body weight was positively associated with blood pressure and, in men, with cholesterol. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • There was a reverse J-shaped relationship between body weight and all-cause mortality, with the highest mortality rates occurring in the leanest body mass index (BMI) category. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • We conclude that except in very lean people with IDDM, body weight is not significantly associated with mortality. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Nuts can be incorporated into the diet without adversely affecting body weight and can improve diet quality. (hindawi.com)
  • However, nuts are energy-dense, high-fat foods, meaning that they contain high amounts of energy per unit weight. (hindawi.com)
  • Also, clinical trials, where the primary outcomes have included cardiovascular risk factors such as blood cholesterol, have failed to show an increase in body weight with regular consumption of different kinds of nuts, albeit over the short term [ 7 , 9 , 20 - 25 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • However, these studies were not designed to assess body weight and in many instances the investigators provided dietary advice or adjusted energy intake to prevent weight gain. (hindawi.com)
  • Thus, incorporating nuts into diets intended for weight loss and weight control has the potential to result in more favourable changes in body weight and CVD risk. (hindawi.com)
  • Four randomised crossover trials involving the consumption of nuts have specifically looked at body weight as the primary outcome [ 30 - 33 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Losing even a modest amount of weight like this can reduce your risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. (johnmuirhealth.com)
  • Your doctor can help you understand your body mass index, how many calories you should eat every day, and help to determine how much weight you need to take off. (johnmuirhealth.com)
  • BMI or body mass index is the measure of your weight comparable to your height. (fitday.com)
  • And excess body weight does not guarantee you'll develop these conditions. (fitday.com)
  • Future research in this field should also focus on ways and means, such as eating a heart-healthy diet and staying physically active, to achieve and maintain optimal body weight and reduce and avoid fat deposition around the heart. (worldhealth.net)
  • Achieve your health and fitness goals with precise weight tracking and advanced body metrics, including heart rate insights. (withings.com)
  • Enter your height and weight to calculate your BMI and body mass index classification. (inchcalculator.com)
  • To calculate your body mass index, you only need to know your current height and weight. (inchcalculator.com)
  • For instance, bodybuilders and athletes may have a higher body weight. (inchcalculator.com)
  • Body mass index for-age growth charts from the CDC take into account these differences and show BMI as a percentile ranking rather than falling into underweight, normal weight, or obese categories. (inchcalculator.com)
  • Your body wants to be a certain weight, you've trained it to live on 1,500 calories per day, and if you want to lose weight, you'll have to learn to live on 1,200 calories per day or less. (el-observador.com)
  • To determine whether your weight is in a healthy range, doctors often calculate your body mass index (BMI). (cdc.gov)
  • Obesity is a chronic, recurring complex disorder characterized by excess body weight. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Once people gain excess weight, the body resists losing weight. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A person's resting (basal) metabolic rate-the amount of calories the body burns while at rest-is determined by the amount of muscle (lean) tissue a person has and the person's total body weight. (msdmanuals.com)
  • CONCLUSION: In this U.S.-based prospective cohort, gestational phthalate and phenol biomarkers were inversely associated with infant weight and fat mass, particularly in males. (cdc.gov)
  • Moreover, physical activity of within the next 4 years of fol ow-up 120-240 minutes per week of aero- high intensity leads to more pro- than those who decreased their ac- bic exercise at intensities of 40-85% nounced weight loss than physical tivity levels by 16.3 MET-hours per of maximum heart rate were relat- activity of lower intensity. (who.int)
  • My body fat percentage was under 15% and still is. (cyclingforums.com)
  • Fat mass (FM) was derived from percentage body fat and body mass and fat free mass (FFM) was obtained by subtracting fat mass from body mass. (ajol.info)
  • According to the Mayo Clinic , older people naturally have a lower volume of water in their bodies, typically because they have a higher percentage of body fat (which contains less water than lean muscle tissue). (eatthis.com)
  • Most people are now trying to achieve a higher percentage of fat-free mass or as little fat as possible. (healthifyme.com)
  • Therefore, your fat-free body mass or lean body mass percentage plays a pivotal role in improving your health. (healthifyme.com)
  • As mentioned earlier, your fat-free mass percentage is the difference between total body mass and the mass of body fat. (healthifyme.com)
  • Any of these modifications will direct to a reduction in your body fat percentage. (healthifyme.com)
  • Thus, based on BMI alone, some people may be diagnosed with obesity when their percentage of body fat is very low. (msdmanuals.com)
  • percentage fat mass]. (cdc.gov)
  • RESULTS: In single-pollutant models, mono-benzyl phthalate and di-n-butyl phthalate were inversely associated with percentage fat mass [: -0.49 (95% CI: -0.91, -0.08) and -0.51 (95% CI: -1.02, 0.01), respectively] in male but not female infants at birth. (cdc.gov)
  • Some studies have shown that poor hydration status could be associated with a higher body mass index," says Pankonin. (eatthis.com)
  • High adiponectin levels correlate with a lower risk of diabetes mellitus type 2. (wikipedia.org)
  • This study compares the use of BMI with direct measures of fat- and lean-mass to predict established cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors: blood pressure, lipids, and glucose. (cdc.gov)
  • CONCLUSIONS: In police officers, DEXA indexes are better predictors of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk factors. (cdc.gov)
  • For many people, their BMI can indicate if they are at a higher risk for things like heart disease or diabetes. (fitday.com)
  • You can't tell from the outside if someone has high blood pressure or even diabetes. (fitday.com)
  • Lean and obese women with gestational diabetes (GDM) were given two different isocaloric meal challenge tests to assess glucose and insulin responses. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Because of the variety of tests for GDM, the not unusual occurrence of carbohydrate intolerance in lean pregnant women without risk factors, and the worldwide differences in diagnostic criteria for this syndrome, we recommend screening for diabetes in all pregnant women. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Its deficiency in the body has been associated with diabetes, infertility, and cardiovascular disease. (cdc.gov)
  • They also recommend adding more whole grains and healthy fats, such as olive oil and nuts, and eating lean proteins, with less red meat and more fish. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Proteins in our body are constantly being built and disposed of. (eufic.org)
  • Amino acids are then absorbed and used to make other proteins in the body. (eufic.org)
  • In general, proteins from animal sources have a higher biological value than proteins from plant sources. (eufic.org)
  • However, as the limiting amino acid tends to be different in different vegetable proteins, combination of vegetable sources of proteins in the same meal (e.g. legumes or pulses with cereals), can result in a mix of higher biological value. (eufic.org)
  • Vegan diets in particular, may lack the main sources of high biological value proteins and people following these diets may have difficulty meeting their protein requirements especially to support extra needs due to growth (e.g. children and pregnant women). (eufic.org)
  • Opt for lean proteins like chicken, fish, and turkey instead. (uclahealth.org)
  • In adults, plasma concentrations are higher in females than males, and are reduced in diabetics compared to nondiabetics. (wikipedia.org)
  • Compared with nonlean veterans with compensated cirrhosis and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), lean MASH veterans ran a 61% higher risk of all-cause mortality-but a 33% lower risk of hepatic decompensation [1]. (natap.org)
  • Multivariable Cox proportional hazard models accounting for the competing risks liver transplantation and death determined that having lean MASH versus nonlean MASH was associated with a 61% higher risk of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 1.61, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.48 to 1.75, P (natap.org)
  • In the same kind of model, men ran a 23% higher risk of all-cause mortality than women (HR 1.23, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.48, P = 0.03) and an 18% higher risk of hepatic decompensation (HR 1.18, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.40, P = 0.051). (natap.org)
  • Risk of liver- or cardiovascular-related mortality over up to 120 months of follow-up did not differ by lean status. (natap.org)
  • But veterans with lean MASH cirrhosis had a doubled risk of nonliver/noncardio mortality during follow-up (HR 2.08, 95% CI 1.80 to 2.40, P (natap.org)
  • Njei and collaborators suggested that future research on mortality in people with lean MASH should analyze potential drivers not related to the liver or cardiovascular systems, such as cancer and genetics. (natap.org)
  • Mortality, hepatic decompensation, and cardiovascular outcomes in lean vs. non-lean MASH cirrhosis: a Veterans Affairs cohort study. (natap.org)
  • Objective To investigate the shape of the causal relation between body mass index (BMI) and mortality. (bmj.com)
  • The population was analyzed by using multivariate analysis for total mortality over a mean follow-up duration of 3.1 years by using the National Death Index, adjusting for left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular mass index, age, sex, and relative wall thickness. (nih.gov)
  • The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between mortality and Kt/V, Kt and body water content (V) and lean mass (bioimpedance). (revistanefrologia.com)
  • After eliminating veterans with Child-Turcotte-Pugh cirrhosis severity B or C, prior decompensation, non-MASH causes of cirrhosis, or missing baseline BMI data, the researchers wound up with 15,974 study participants, 1731 of them lean and 14,243 of them nonlean. (natap.org)
  • Researchers said Indian children with a high body-mass index (BMI) had a death rate that was more than double than those who were leaner. (indianz.com)
  • Also, researchers said Indian children with highest levels of glucose intolerance were 73 percent more likely to die at a young age. (indianz.com)
  • Many had started competing in high school or earlier, but others had come to the sport much later, often, the researchers report, in hopes of ameliorating the effects of past lifestyle choices, such as smoking or junk food diets. (iage.com)
  • For this study, the researchers defined excess or "high" pericardial fat volume as 70 cubic centimeters (2.4 fluid ounces) or more in women, and 120 cubic centimeters (4 fluid ounces) or more in men. (worldhealth.net)
  • For example, one study of more than 900 lean Japanese participants showed a doubling of NAFLD risk among those who carried the well-studied PNPLA3 gene. (tgen.org)
  • Fat mass index (FMI) and fat free mass index (FFMI) were derived by dividing FM and FFM, respectively by the square of the height. (ajol.info)
  • Fat-Free Mass Index (FFMI) = fat-free mass [kg]/ (height [m])². (healthifyme.com)
  • Relationships between child body size, PA, and TV exposure were estimated using generalised estimating equation (GEE) methods. (scirp.org)
  • The physical-chemistry properties (density, kinematic viscosity, acid value and refractive index) determined by official methods. (preprints.org)
  • RESULTS: DEXA indexes explain 1.6%-3.3% (P (cdc.gov)
  • High degrees of multicollinearity complicate interpretation of predictive models jointly containing BMI and DEXA indexes. (cdc.gov)
  • Instead, they found that the highest-ranking males showed signs of accelerated aging. (eurekalert.org)
  • Adolescent females have higher body fat indices while males have higher lean mass indices. (ajol.info)
  • So far, two receptors have been identified with homology to G protein-coupled receptors, and one receptor similar to the cadherin family: Adiponectin receptor 1 (AdipoR1) Adiponectin receptor 2 (AdipoR2) T-cadherin - CDH13 These have distinct tissue specificities within the body and have different affinities to the various forms of adiponectin. (wikipedia.org)
  • Eat vegetables and fruits, whole grains, lean protein and healthy fats like olive oil and nuts. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • The protein content in low fat milk consist of all the essential amino acids which your body requires for proper functioning. (tarladalal.com)
  • Thus it is a high biological value complete protein. (tarladalal.com)
  • We used serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) as a marker of inflammation. (dadamo.com)
  • The fatty acid profile in plasma lipids contributes to the increase of plasma high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), a marker of inflammation and predictor of cardiovascular risk. (karger.com)
  • Depending on the sequence in which they are combined, the resulting protein carries out specific functions in the body. (eufic.org)
  • When a protein contains the essential amino acids in the right proportion required by humans, we say that it has high biological value. (eufic.org)
  • Firstly, nuts are high in protein and fibre with low glycaemic index value, which may promote satiety resulting in a reduction in calories from other foods, that is, dietary compensation [ 30 - 33 , 38 , 39 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Muscle tissue in fat-free mass burns additional calories than fat mass. (healthifyme.com)
  • Regular physical activity, which not only burns calories and fat, but also builds muscle mass, results is a lower - and healthier - body mass index. (uclahealth.org)
  • With BMR, you can determine the number of calories your body burns at rest to support vital functions. (withings.com)
  • For example, when people diet or reduce the number of calories they consume, the body compensates by increasing appetite and reducing the number of calories burned during rest. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Excess calories are stored in the body as fat (adipose tissue). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Unhealthy foods Foods high in saturated fats, trans-fatty acids, free sugars or salt (i.e. energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods). (who.int)
  • When you improve fat-free body mass, you enhance your body's strength. (healthifyme.com)
  • Research indicates that fat-free mass plays both an active and passive part in the body's energy consumption and requirements. (healthifyme.com)
  • The increased body temperature helps the body's immune system to fight infection. (dadamo.com)
  • Associations were identified between higher total PUFA intake and lower body fat and intra-abdominal adipose tissue. (fatsoflife.com)
  • both the formation of new adipocytes that differentiate from adipose precursor cells present in adipose tissue, as well as the size of adipocytes is increased, compared to adipose tissue in lean persons. (fatsoflife.com)
  • The lean group was significantly older (median 70 vs 67 years, P (natap.org)
  • The analysis showed that in people assigned to the diuretic combination a normal BMI was associated with significantly worse outcomes-a 68% higher event rate-than a high BMI. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Epidemiological studies show that nut consumers tend to be leaner than those who do not regularly consume nuts. (hindawi.com)
  • Previous research yielded conflicting results when exploring the impact of lean status in MASH on critical outcomes, including cardiovascular events, hepatic decompensation, and death. (natap.org)
  • To get a better look at outcomes with lean versus nonlean MASH, Yale University's Basile Njei and colleagues retrospectively analyzed extensive Veterans Administration data to compare the impact of lean and nonlean compensated cirrhosis newly diagnosed from 2008 through 2021. (natap.org)
  • In women with high pre-gestational BMI and twin pregnancy, our aims were to explore the biochemical and hematological parameters and to study the rate of obstetric adverse outcomes. (mdpi.com)
  • Underlying conditions, like obesity and high blood pressure, are known to increase the risk for heart failure, but these findings help investigators further study these associations, while potentially advancing research that helps explain sex-based differences in cardiovascular disease outcomes," adds Cashell E. Jaquish, Ph.D., Project Officer for MESA within the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences at National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. (worldhealth.net)
  • Why this occurs is poorly understood, though some of the suspected liver-disease risk-factors for lean individuals include diet, genetics, ethnicity, and even menopausal status for women, according to the scientific review published today in the journal Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome . (tgen.org)
  • Also, women are at high risk of developing NAFLD following the menopausal transition, likely due to hormone-related metabolic changes resulting from the loss of protective estrogens and other factors, the review said. (tgen.org)
  • 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)
  • While a higher BMR, which is indicative of higher muscle and lean mass, will -- typically -- result in a lower Metabolic age. (yahoo.com)
  • Once you calculate your BMI, you can then see where this falls on a body mass index chart such as the one below . (inchcalculator.com)
  • You can use an online tool to calculate your BMI at www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/index.html . (medlineplus.gov)
  • Our results have important implications for research on the social determinants of health in humans and other animals because they show that 'high status' can mean very different things in different contexts. (eurekalert.org)
  • Although ANP was identified first, concentrations of BNP in the myocardial tissue were subsequently found to be higher than those of ANP. (medscape.com)
  • Fat mass implies all the fat tissue in your body. (healthifyme.com)
  • BMI does not distinguish between muscle (lean) and fat tissue. (msdmanuals.com)
  • As a result, plasma levels of NT-proBNP tend to be 3-5 times higher than BNP levels. (medscape.com)
  • Most web site calculators are telling me I should weigh about 180, but I can't really believe that is realistic, unless I give up muscle mass (or chop off an arm). (cyclingforums.com)
  • I can't really believe that is realistic, unless I give up muscle mass (or chop off an arm). (cyclingforums.com)
  • Higher body mass index, which is associated with having more lean muscle mass in baboons, was also associated with accelerated aging, likely because of the physical demands of maintaining high status. (eurekalert.org)
  • These extremely high numbers are less likely due to increased lean muscle mass. (inchcalculator.com)
  • Total dietary PUFA intake, as well as the ratio of PUFA to saturated fatty acid intake, as reported by the children, was positively correlated with lean mass. (fatsoflife.com)
  • There was no significant association between dietary intake and nutritional status with school performance, but it was found that the marital status of the parents was associated with student performance, the children of married parents had a higher educational achievement than the children of separated parents. (bvsalud.org)
  • Analysis-- Multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for employment characteristics associated with obesity (body mass index [BMI] 30 kg/m2) after controlling for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, family income, fruit/vegetable intake, physical activity, smoking, and occupations. (cdc.gov)
  • An environment that promotes high energy intake and sedentary behaviour. (who.int)
  • Plasma levels of adiponectin are lower in obese subjects than in lean subjects. (wikipedia.org)
  • Indian children who are obese or have high blood sugar levels are more than twice as likely to die before the age of 55 than others, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine . (indianz.com)
  • On the other hand, a history of heavy smoking and high cholesterol was linked to greater levels of plaque, especially in the men who had begun running later in life. (iage.com)
  • The team also measured other factors connected to heart disease, such as blood pressure, body-mass index, cholesterol levels and inflammation levels . (npr.org)
  • But they have low levels of the "good" cholesterol and high levels of chronic inflammation, which has been linked to heart disease. (npr.org)
  • The BMI tends to be a better predictor of body fat in individuals with higher levels of BMI. (inchcalculator.com)
  • Differences in individual capacity help explain why one worker in a job with high levels of stressors will develop an MSD, while another working the same job may not develop these diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • Furthermore, a high body mass index (BMI), gains in BMI, and obesity during childhood furthermore confer higher risks of obesity-associated comorbidities during adulthood. (fatsoflife.com)
  • 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)
  • Percent body fat, fat mass and fat mass index are measures of body fat while fat free mass and fat free mass index measure lean mass. (ajol.info)
  • Withings relies on sending a tiny electrical charge through the user's body to measure arterial stiffness, too. (yahoo.com)
  • Body mass index, or BMI, is one of the most widely used metrics to measure health status. (inchcalculator.com)
  • In addition, it does not directly measure body fat. (inchcalculator.com)
  • To show the age-related patterns of measures of fat and lean mass in adolescent Nigerians in Lagos. (ajol.info)
  • Early detection, combined with the appropriate steps to mitigate NAFLD through lifestyle modifications and clinical interventions, may effectively prevent the progression to NASH in lean individuals," said Dr. DiStefano, adding that inclusion of lean individuals in NAFLD-related clinical trials is critical to reducing NAFLD in this patient group. (tgen.org)
  • Weber speculates that, "Higher cardiovascular event rates in lean patients reported in hypertension clinical trials might have reflected the types of antihypertensive treatments that were used. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Withings has engineered Body Scan to provide a suite of assessments that deepen the user's understanding of their cardiovascular health, especially, including scoring how well blood vessels are functioning. (yahoo.com)
  • These ranges for BMI are based on the fact that excess body fat and obesity increases the risk of chronic diseases and premature death. (inchcalculator.com)
  • According to new research published Online First in the Lancet, body mass index may influence which blood pressure medications work best at reducing the major complications of high blood pressure (strokes, heart attacks, and death). (medicalxpress.com)
  • These findings could change the way high blood pressure (hypertension) is treated and should be of practical help to clinicians in selecting the type of combination treatment most likely to benefit individual patients", says Michael Weber from the State University of New York's Downstate Medical Center who led the research. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Weber and colleagues conducted a subanalysis of the international ACCOMPLISH trial that compared the impact of two single-pill drug combinations -benazepril ( ACE inhibitor ) plus the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide, and benazepril plus amlodipine ( calcium channel blocker )- on the long-term health of people with high blood pressure at high risk of heart disease. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Again, if it's higher than you and your doctor would like, look at other numbers such as blood pressure, heart rate, and blood work to see what else is happening in your body. (fitday.com)
  • High blood pressure, high cholesterol, blood sugar, etc. are all important numbers to look at when it comes to your health. (fitday.com)
  • Their analysis found that excess pericardial fat was associated with a higher risk of heart failure in both women and men, even after adjusting for established risk factors for heart failure such as age, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, sedentary lifestyle, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, and heart attacks. (worldhealth.net)
  • Diuretic-based regimens seem to be a reasonable choice in obese patients in whom excess volume provides a rationale for this type of treatment, but thiazides are clearly less protective against cardiovascular events in patients who are lean. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Body fat seems to be protective in this cohort only if no adjustment was made for LMI, although being underweight stratified by BF seems to be an independent risk factor. (nih.gov)
  • Your body makes all of the cholesterol it needs, so you do not need to obtain cholesterol through foods. (cdc.gov)
  • Eating lots of foods high in saturated fat and trans fat may contribute to high cholesterol and related conditions, such as heart disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Limit foods high in saturated fat. (cdc.gov)
  • Foods that are higher in saturated fat may be high in cholesterol. (cdc.gov)
  • Obesity results from a combination of factors, including the reduced opportunity for physical activity, the increased availability of high-calorie foods, and the presence of genes that make obesity more likely. (msdmanuals.com)
  • That is, foods supply the body with energy, which is released when foods are broken down during digestion. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Much more work is needed not only to address risk factors but also to promote greater awareness among practitioners about the potential health risks associated with NAFLD among lean individuals," said Glenn S. Gerhard , M.D., Chair of the Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Biochemistry at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. (tgen.org)
  • Conversely, inactivity, often classified using sedentary behaviours such as television (TV) watching time, has been linked with increased body size in young children [8-12]. (scirp.org)
  • Underserved and low-income populations have a higher risk of heart disease and life expectancy can vary by more than 20 years in people living only 5 miles apart. (medscape.com)