• 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)
  • Waist circumference measures the accumulation of fat around the abdominal area (central adiposity). (medicscientist.com)
  • 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)
  • Body mass index (BMI) is the ratio of one s body weight (in Kg) to the square of height (in meter). (medicscientist.com)
  • It measures waist to hip ratio. (medicscientist.com)
  • Waist-circumference-to-height ratio above 0.5 was used to define abdominal obesity and the total amount of body fat was estimated from the sum of skinfold measures. (researchsquare.com)
  • We utilized prevalence ratio analysis to examine the association between socio-economic/demographic characteristics, unhealthful behaviors and overweight/obesity. (researchsquare.com)
  • Methods: Metabolic syndrome is ≥3 of the following: hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, hypertension, abdominal obesity, and high serum glucose. (natap.org)
  • 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)
  • In a 1972 study of more than 7,000 healthy, mostly middle-aged men, Dr. Keys and his colleagues showed that the body mass index was a more accurate - and far simpler - predictor of body fat than the methods used by the insurance industry. (agemed.org)
  • metabolic syndrome as a constellation of Methods --The analytic sample consisted of 3,423 adults, 20 years of age risk factors that increase a person's risk and over, from NHANES 2003-2006. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Prevalence was 4.0% stunting, 4.8% wasting, 21.3% overweight and 27.3% fat accumulation around the waist. (bvsalud.org)
  • To determine the correlates of the "metabolically healthy obese" (MHO) phenotype and the longitudinal risks of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD)/stroke associated with this phenotype. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Nearly half of those classified as overweight and about a quarter of those classified as obese were metabolically healthy by these measures. (agemed.org)
  • On the other hand, 31 percent of those with a "normal" body mass index were metabolically unhealthy. (agemed.org)
  • 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)
  • The study will utilise AMRA's body composition technology and analysis, the AMRA Profiler Research, which translates MRI scans into fat and muscle measurements via a cloud-based service. (drugtargetreview.com)
  • The efficacy of the height-weight charts is most pronounced in adults as the measurements are standardized as compared to children. (a2zfitnessmart.com)
  • Anthropometric measurements included body height, weight, and BMI. (researchsquare.com)
  • 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)
  • In a 2016 study of more than 40,000 adults in the United States, researchers compared people's B.M.I.s with more specific measurements of their health, like their insulin resistance, markers of inflammation and blood pressure, triglyceride, cholesterol and glucose levels. (agemed.org)
  • Participants free of CVD/stroke and not underweight ( n = 3,743) were stratified by BMI categories and metabolic risk, defined as having two or more International Diabetes Federation metabolic syndrome criteria, excluding waist circumference. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • The result, which slots you into one of four main categories, is meant to describe your body in a single word or two: underweight (B.M.I. less than 18.5), normal weight (18.5 to 24.9), overweight (25.0 to 29.9) or obese (30 or greater). (agemed.org)
  • 8 Obese children are at increased risk for adult mortality and morbidity particularly from CVD. (pharmapdf.com)
  • The ac- and is the best indicator of changes in the intra- cumulation of both types of fat is affected abdominal fat during weight loss [ 8 ]. (who.int)
  • The Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is the most prevalent liver disease in adults, and can progress and be characterized as hepatic steatosis (HS) which is derived from the accumulation of lipids in hepatocytes, and histopathologic condition is more than 5% of the weight of liver. (scirp.org)
  • In other words, an indicative measure of good health in adults is manifest in the height and weight chart, while in children it attains greater importance since it is the benchmark for the overall development of the child. (a2zfitnessmart.com)
  • It denotes that you are at risk of several diseases and have to adopt remedial measures for weight loss. (a2zfitnessmart.com)
  • Therefore, the successful prediction of future risk for overweight and obesity and subsequent weight management are important topics in Taiwan. (researchsquare.com)
  • Have you ever been frustrated by not knowing how to help your obese patients control their appetite and weight? (psychiatrist.com)
  • Despite strict nutritional recommendations, Ms A developed an intense aversion to food, citing lack of appetite and unhappiness about her weight and body habitus, while often blaming other facility residents for being too 'disgusting' for her to eat around them. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Sudden weight loss may cause serious health problems as it slows down the metabolism and deprives the body of essential nutrients. (medicscientist.com)
  • 4. Use of drugs:a) Orlistat is an over-the-counter drug that prevents the absorption of fat in the body.b) Lorcaserin suppresses the appetite by making a person feel full.c) Topiramate and Phentermine suppress the appetite and when used along with dietary changes and exercise can help control weight. (medicscientist.com)
  • 5. Surgery is done for obesity only when the person is not able to lose weight by dietary changes, exercise, or medicines.a) Liposuction involves reducing the excess fat from the body.b) Bariatric surgery reduces the size of the stomach so that you eat less. (medicscientist.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)
  • Overweight males metabolic syndrome is made when three were about six times as likely and obese males were about 32 times as likely as or more of the risk factors shown in normal weight males to meet the criteria. (cdc.gov)
  • The purpose of five times as likely and obese females were more than 17 times as likely as this study was to examine the normal weight females to meet the criteria. (cdc.gov)
  • Participants were divided into two groups of over- weight or obese according to International Obesity Task Force criteria. (pharmapdf.com)
  • Some of the signs and symptoms of colon cancer can include chronic diarrhea, blood in stool, chronic constipation, weight loss and abdominal pain. (issuu.com)
  • 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)
  • Postdiagnosis body fatness, weight change and breast cancer prognosis: Global Cancer Update Program (CUP global) systematic literature review and meta-analysis. (who.int)
  • Sustained metabolic health in obese participants was associated with age ≤40 years and lower waist circumference. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Mean levels of triglyceride and Apo-lipoprotein B in obese children were signifi cantly higher than overweight participants. (pharmapdf.com)
  • Of 7458 eligible participants aged 40 years or older, weighted PAD prevalence was 5.9±0.3%, corresponding to approximately 7.1 million US adults with PAD. (medscape.com)
  • A total of 81.9% of obese children and 75.4% of overweight children had at least one cardiovascular risk factor. (pharmapdf.com)
  • The high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in overweight and obese children and positive correlation of these factors with severity of obesity emphasizes the need for prevention and control of childhood obesity from early stages. (pharmapdf.com)
  • The American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, in a 2010 report on cardiovascular risk assessment in asymptomatic adults, recommends obtaining global risk scores (eg, Framingham Risk Score[9] ) and a family history of cardiovascular disease for cardiovascular risk assessment. (medscape.com)
  • 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)
  • overweight, those with BMI e" 85th percentile. (bvsalud.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)
  • Other factors that increase the risk of obesity include:a) Family history: Risk of obesity is higher if one or both the parents are obese.b) Childhood Obesity: Being obese during childhood increases the risk of being obese as an adult.c) Genes: Some gene mutations or genetic disorders may cause obesity. (medicscientist.com)
  • These results can guide childhood obesity prevention measures in Kenya and other nations in East Africa. (researchsquare.com)
  • Dyslipidemia was identified based on serum lipids levels following the standards proposed by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Higher levels of the 3MPKS test and relative grip strength were associated with lower BMI and overweight/obesity risk in both sexes. (researchsquare.com)
  • 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)
  • as at 2015, Ghana recorded 266,200 cases with a prevalence rate of 1.9% in adults (20-79 years). (hindawi.com)
  • 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)
  • 3.3.1.11 Measuring Children under 8 Years of Age. (cdc.gov)
  • The North West Adelaide Health Study is a prospective cohort study of 4,056 randomly selected adults aged ≥18 years. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Paradoxically, surveys to monitor and measure dyslipidemia burden in a Chinese population has not been conducted in recent years and the available data on the prevalence, types, and associated factors of dyslipidemia in the general population is relatively insufficient and outdated. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, than 5 years and in adults. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • The measure also does a poor job of predicting a person's metabolic health. (agemed.org)
  • 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)
  • Above all, your health should project your functional efficiency and define it through the overall condition of your body, mind, and spirit. (a2zfitnessmart.com)
  • Measuring body fat can be cumbersome (ie, measuring the percentage of body fat). (psychiatrist.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)
  • The use of targeted sequencing and clinical criteria makes it possible to identify carriers of rare clinically significant variants in a wide range of obesity-associated genes and to investigate their influence on phenotypic manifestations of abdominal obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine the prevalence of unhealthful dietary patterns, physical activity and sleep behaviors among primary school children in two urban settings in Kenya and explored the association between the behaviors and overweight/obesity among the children. (researchsquare.com)
  • We found a rather high prevalence of unhealthful dietary behaviors among primary school students in Kenya, identified their determinants, and the association between specific behaviors and overweight/obesity. (researchsquare.com)
  • Our objective was to systematically review the literature on clinical outcomes of diet and physical activity interventions conducted among adult African American populations in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Our objective was to review available literature on the effect of educational interventions on clinical outcomes resulting from improved nutrition and increased physical activity among adult African Americans in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Among our cohort of HIV-infected adults, the risk of developing metabolic syndrome was higher in those with a clinically relevant increase in viral load (≥0.5 log) in the previous 6 months. (natap.org)
  • Obesity prevention mechanisms are required, address critical rises on overweight during last given the difficulty to reverse it in adulthood, when decades, with higher concentration of cases in changes on eating and physical activities habits are individuals pursuing higher incomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Little is known about dietary patterns in Guatemalan adults and how dietary patterns are associated with cardio-metabolic disease (CMD) risk. (biomedcentral.com)
  • and (b) to examine the association between dietary patterns and CMD risk in a population of Guatemalan adults. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Dietary changes: Restrict calorie intake to create a calorie deficit in the body so that energy expenditure exceeds the number of calories consumed. (medicscientist.com)
  • Postdiagnosis body fatness, recreational physical activity, dietary factors and breast cancer prognosis: Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) summary of evidence grading. (who.int)
  • Characteristics of Asian American Family Caregivers of Older Adults Compared to Caregivers of Other Racial/Ethnic Groups: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2015-2020. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • The potential impact of AMRA's body composition measurement service and this collaboration is a much needed step forward in our understanding of many conditions that are increasing in the general population. (drugtargetreview.com)
  • Results from the collaboration will be analysed with the aim of identifying new and more specific biomarkers for chronic conditions where body composition plays an important role. (drugtargetreview.com)
  • But body composition and its relationship with health can vary depending on your gender, race and ethnicity. (agemed.org)
  • Objective: To compare the acute and chronic effects of low-volume high-intensity interval training (HIIT) to moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) on glycemic control, body composition and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in older women with type 2 diabetes (T2D). (mdpi.com)
  • Objective: To determine the incidence and risk factors for metabolic syndrome in HIV-infected adults in the Nutrition for Healthy Living (NFHL) study (2000-2003) and prevalence relative to the findings of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (1999-2002). (natap.org)
  • Physical inactivity is considered a case of public health, and other behavioral and metabolic risk factors, according to WHO (2011), such as smoking, increased blood pressure, increased blood glucose, hypercholesterolemia, overweight and obesity. (scirp.org)
  • Causes and Risk Factors According to dictionary definition Obesity occurs when the fat cells in the body increase in size and number. (medicscientist.com)
  • The aim of the present study was to investigate frequency of cardiovas- cular risk factors and their association with severity of obesity in a sample of Iranian obese children. (pharmapdf.com)
  • We also examined various risk factors for dyslipidemia, many of which are modifiable risk factors for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), to provide a comprehensive view that will help in designing strategies to slow the rapid spread and promote effective measures to treat dyslipidemia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Overweight, smoking and physical inactivity are strongly related to the deterioration of overall health and are among the most important modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases and premature death [7]. (peertechzpublications.org)
  • 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)
  • Blood pressure, anthropometrics, and biochemical indices were measured. (hindawi.com)
  • 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)
  • waist circumference and blood pressure were measured. (peertechzpublications.org)
  • Diabetes and high blood pressure are the more common causes of CKD in most adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Cord blood metabolites and rapid postnatal growth as multiple mediators in the prenatal propensity to childhood overweight. (who.int)
  • The status of glycaemic control and some of its determinants was investigated among adult black patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital (DGMAH).Method: A random sample of 176 adult black South African patients with T2DM attending the diabetic clinic at DGMAH was investigated in the current study. (bvsalud.org)
  • 1 ]. A central fat pattern has adverse health - abdominal fat), abdominal subcutaneous implications in both children and adults. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • While for adults, it is vital for defining your quality of life, for children, it is essential for proper growth, both physically and mentally. (a2zfitnessmart.com)
  • So, certainly for adults, it is less prone to variation, which is crucial in the case of growing children, where it can impact the development of the child. (a2zfitnessmart.com)
  • Of 532 children (274 boys, mean age 9.5 ± 1.3) enrolled in the study, 194 were overweight and 338 were obese. (pharmapdf.com)
  • Students with high frequency of consumption of red/processed meats had 1.50 times the risk of being overweight/obesity compared to students with less-frequent consumption. (researchsquare.com)
  • very low and very high B.M.I.s are associated with greater risk of dying sooner, whereas the "normal" to "overweight" range is associated with lower mortality risk. (agemed.org)
  • This explains why muscular athletes often have high B.M.I.s despite having little body fat. (agemed.org)
  • Students who consumed less than recommended amount of fruit servings had 1.68 times the risk of being overweight/obese, 2.49 times the risk of having abdominal obesity and 1.47 times the risk of having high total skinfold values compared to students with adequate fruit intake. (researchsquare.com)
  • Our present study, in a population of 11,956 adults in Liaoning Providence, demonstrated a very high prevalence of dyslipidemia, which represented an alarming rise since the publication of our previous study and other similar studies around the world, which report lower levels. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Despite this high prevalence, evidence increasingly suggests that the atherosclerotic process can be greatly slowed and its consequences markedly reduced by preventive measures. (medscape.com)
  • The HS promotes liver damage, because it is considered one of the most common causes of chronic liver disease in adults living in developed and emerging countries. (scirp.org)