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Dual energy x-ray a3

• Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA): This is a scan that uses low-dose X-rays to measure the density of different tissues in your body. (canfitpro.com)
• In only 22% of the studies, body fat was directly measured by methods such as dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. (cdc.gov)
• Blood work and body composition measurements (as measured by Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry scans) were taken at the start of the study and at the end of each diet period. (medicalnewstoday.com)

Adipose tissue3

• Waist circumference (WC) is used to indirectly measure abdominal adipose tissue and the associated risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). (nih.gov)
• 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)
• 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)

Ratio8

• Abdominal obesity was defined using waist circumference in recent years, and waist-hip ratio in earlier years. (cdc.gov)
• This app provides BMI(Body Mass Index), WHtR(Waist-to-Height Ratio), and WHR(Waist-Hip Ratio). (slideme.org)
• WHtR(Waist-to-Height Ratio): is defined as the waist circumference divided by the height. (slideme.org)
• WHR(Waist-Hip Ratio) : is the ratio of the circumference of the waist to that of the hips. (slideme.org)
• It get the appropriate Body Mass Index(BMI), Waist-to-height ratio(WHtR), and Waist-hip ratio(WHR). (slideme.org)
• Along with body mass index, waist/hip ratio, body fat percentage, static grip strength, abdominal muscle endurance, trunk flexibility and aerobic capacity were also calculated. (journaltocs.ac.uk)
• The percentage of adults aged 20 years or older with an unhealthy waist circumference increased from 5.6% in 1988-1994 to 7.6% in 2012, and the percentage with an unhealthy waist-to-height ratio increased from 27.2% in 1988-1994 to 33.7% in 2012. (medscape.com)
• Body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio, and waist circumference are commonly used measures for estimating abdominal adiposity (6,7). (cdc.gov)

Prevalence5

• 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)
• The aim of this work was to assess the prevalence of overweight, obesity, abdominal-obesity and short stature among Rosario (Argentina) adult population. (isciii.es)
• Multivariate analysis showed that the prevalence of overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity increased according the age and abdominal obesity decreased with high physical activity in men. (isciii.es)
• In women prevalence of overweight/obesity, and abdominal obesity increased with age, marital status (married or coupled), presence of at least one child at home and low educational level. (isciii.es)
• INT RODUCTIO N: Th e eld erly h ypert en si ve pa ti ent s of ten h aveincreased prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors and their attendantco-morbidities. (bvsalud.org)

Hypertension5

• 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)
• Metabolic Syndrome Metabolic syndrome is characterized by a large waist circumference (due to excess abdominal fat), hypertension, abnormal fasting plasma glucose or insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia. (merckmanuals.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)
• 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)

Indicator of health risk1

• Waist circumference: This is a measure of abdominal fat around your waist and is good indicator of health risk. (canfitpro.com)

Excess3

• 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)
• 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)
• Complications include cardiovascular disorders (particularly in people with excess abdominal fat). (merckmanuals.com)

Lipid2

• However, neither serum sex steroids nor lipid levels were measured in these studies. (biomedcentral.com)
• Standard protocols were used to measure bloodpressure, weight, height, waist circumference, fasting plasma glucoseand fasting lipid profile of the subjects. (bvsalud.org)

Metabolic syndrome1

• Reducing abdominal fat is particularly beneficial given its connection to metabolic syndrome and increased risk for heart disease. (medicalnewstoday.com)

Overweight2

• Nearly half of those classified as overweight and about a quarter of those classified as obese were metabolically healthy by these measures. (agemed.org)
• 0.001) and was related with age, overweight and abdominal obesity. (isciii.es)

Commonly1

• Because of its easy implementation and low cost, self-measured WC is commonly used as a screening tool. (nih.gov)

Adults2

• The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of self-measured WC in adults at risk of T2DM and/or CVD, and to determine the anthropometric, demographic and behavioural characteristics associated with bias in self-measured WC. (nih.gov)
• The results support self-measured WC as a useful tool for large-scale populations and epidemiological studies when objective measurement is not feasible, but overestimation should be taken into account when screening adults at risk of T2DM and/or CVD. (nih.gov)

Significantly2

• The risk of general and abdominal obesity and concomitant outcomes increased significantly with age in both sexes. (scielosp.org)
• Despite no differences in body weight or total fat mass, the almond diet significantly reduced abdominal fat mass, waist circumference and leg fat mass compared to the diet with the muffin snack. (medicalnewstoday.com)

Women4

• Measures of above 40 inches (102 cm) in men and 35 inches (88 cm) in women are known as abdominal obesity (2). (bodybuilding.com)
• A waist circumference of more than 102 cm for men and 88 cm for women increases the risk of metabolic diseases like diabetes. (canfitpro.com)
• 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)
• The researchers measured blood levels of a liver enzyme called ALT-elevated ALT is a marker for liver damage and can occur in individuals with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and other conditions that affect the liver-in 635 children from Project Viva, an ongoing prospective study of women and children in Massachusetts. (nyp.org)

Body weight2

• What if I told you that your body weight is not the best measure of your health and fitness? (canfitpro.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)

Obesity measures2

• Conclusions: Few authors acknowledged the limitations of using indirect obesity measures. (cdc.gov)
• Children with a bigger waist circumference (a measure of abdominal obesity) at age 3 and those with greater gains in obesity measures between ages 3 and 8 were more likely to have elevated ALT. (nyp.org)

Objectively3

• However, discrepancies between self-measured and objectively measured WC may result in misclassification of individuals when using established cut-off values. (nih.gov)
• The associations of gender, age, educational level, body mass index, smoking status, dietary habits, physical activity and sedentary behaviour with the discrepancies between self-measured and objectively measured WC were analysed using independents t-test and one-way ANOVA. (nih.gov)
• CARDIA objectively documented cardiorespiratory fitness using treadmill exercise testing to measure cardiorespiratory fitness at baseline (year 0: age 18-30 years), in early adulthood (year 7: age 25-37 years), and again at middle age (year 20: age 38-50 years), with documentation of incident prediabetes/diabetes over 25 years. (medscape.com)

Complications1

• 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)

Population1

• We observed high prevalences of general and abdominal obesity in this population, which is consistent with the values found in urban populations. (scielosp.org)

Methods2

• 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)
• 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)

Weight5

• Losing abdominal fat, or belly fat, is a common weight loss goal. (bodybuilding.com)
• Another study found that exercise completely prevented people from regaining abdominal fat after weight loss, implying that exercise is particularly important during weight maintenance (34Trusted Source). (bodybuilding.com)
• Just swipe your finger over the measure tapes to enter your weight, height, waist, and hip. (slideme.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)
• 95%). Height and weight were measured, body mass index (BMI), fat free mass (FFM), total body water (TBW), body fat mass (BFM), percentage of body fat (%BF), skeletal muscle mass (SMM), FFM of both upper limbs and lower limbs and FFM of trunk were estimated according to In-body 270. (preprints.org)

Assess1

• A single measure of correct management of sick children was used to assess care provided to all sick children. (scielosp.org)

Height1

• The variables measured were body mass, height, waist and hip circumference and skin folds. (journaltocs.ac.uk)

Scan1

• VAV and SAV were quantified on abdominal CT scan images. (biomedcentral.com)

Years2

• 3.3.1.11 Measuring Children under 8 Years of Age. (cdc.gov)
• Results: All the variables presented a negative development during the 10 years of study, the most significant change was the body fat percentage between 2009 and 2019 (p=0,00), also a change abdominal capacity was found between 2009 and 2019 (p=0,00). (journaltocs.ac.uk)

Large1

• It can be a helpful health measure for large groups of people, but it won't tell you much about yourself. (agemed.org)

Percentage3

• However, it does not account for your body fat percentage versus muscle making it unreliable for measuring health. (canfitpro.com)
• By measuring your body fat percentage and muscle mass, you can get a more accurate picture of your health risk and progress. (canfitpro.com)
• Measuring body fat can be cumbersome (ie, measuring the percentage of body fat). (psychiatrist.com)

Health6

• Helping to reduce abdominal fat is among the amazing health benefits of exercise. (bodybuilding.com)
• It measures abdominal obesity and therefore can be used as an better indicator of health risks than BMI (Body Mass Index). (slideme.org)
• The persons who have an "apple shaped" body with more fat at the waist are more prone to health risks than people with "pear shaped" bodies or who have less fat around their waist and more around their hips. (slideme.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)

Self Report1

• This may be due, at least in part, to errors inherent in the use of self-report measures of BMI (6). (cdc.gov)

Independent1

• Of interest, measures of abdominal obesity were not independent predictors of prediabetes in adjusted models. (medscape.com)

Found2

• As Dr. Keys found, B.M.I. is also easy and inexpensive to measure, which is why it is still used in research studies and doctor's offices today. (agemed.org)
• The study found that bigger waist circumference at age 3 raises the likelihood that by age 8, children will have markers for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. (nyp.org)

Tape2

• Measuring tape position for abdominal (waist) circumference. (cdc.gov)
• You can measure your abdominal fat by measuring the circumference around your waist with a tape measure. (bodybuilding.com)

Results2

• Results: Regardless of the study group, body mass index (BMI) was the most frequently used measure. (cdc.gov)
• From these results, farmers can utilize accurate measures of fat which will enhance nutritional and management practices. (preprints.org)

Studies1

• however, few studies have examined the association between waist circumference and risk factors in African Americans (9,12,13). (cdc.gov)

Study4

• One 5-year study reported that eating 10 grams of soluble fiber per day was linked to a 3.7% reduction in the amount of fat in the abdominal cavity (28Trusted Source). (bodybuilding.com)
• In one study, 6 weeks of training just the abdominal muscles had no measurable effect on waist circumference or the amount of fat in the abdominal cavity (31Trusted Source). (bodybuilding.com)
• This study shows that serum estradiol is correlated with BMI and other fat-distribution measures in postmenopausal endometrial cancer patients. (biomedcentral.com)
• Stress, anxiety, and depression were applied as outcome measures in this study. (bvsalud.org)

Length1

• Telomere length was measured using a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. (unav.edu)

Exercise1

• Aerobic exercise - like walking, running, and swimming - can allow major reductions in abdominal fat (32Trusted Source, 33Trusted Source). (bodybuilding.com)

Benefits1

• The findings are also the first of their kind to show benefits of eating almonds in reducing abdominal and leg fat. (medicalnewstoday.com)