• Accordingly, the early signs of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases such as increased arterial stiffness ( 3 , 4 ) and increased carotid intima media thickness and distensibility ( 4 , 5 ), have been detected already in children and adolescents. (frontiersin.org)
  • Secondary measures included insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and IGF binding protein-3 levels, physical activity index, a 7-day dietary recall, tobacco product use, and measurement of the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery. (duke.edu)
  • The study focused on women aged 45 to 67 and used measurements like carotid intima media thickness (IMT), brain white matter hyperintensity volume (WMHV), and cognitive performance to assess the impact of PTSD symptoms on their health. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
  • Outcomes included carotid intima media thickness (IMT), brain white matter hyperintensity volume (WMHV), and cognitive performance. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
  • This population-based prospective study of ultrasonographically assessed carotid intima media thickness (IMT) uses repeat measures of work time and OPA during baseline, 4-year, and 11-year examinations of 621 Finnish men who were 42-60 years old when they enrolled in the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD). (cdc.gov)
  • This study demonstrates for the first time that the observed high levels of energy expenditure and relative aerobic strain at work are associated with accelerated progression of carotid atherosclerosis, even after controlling for virtually all known cardiovascular risk factors, including blood pressure, smoking, cholesterol, body mass index, leisure time physical activity, aerobic fitness, socioeconomic status, and psychosocial job factors among others. (cdc.gov)
  • They gauged the thickness of the inner two layers of the carotid arteries (the intima and media). (rxwiki.com)
  • The largest study of obesity during pregnancy and babies with heart defects in the United States finds that women who were overweight or obese before they became pregnant had an approximately 18 percent increased risk of having a baby with certain heart defects compared with women who were of normal body mass index (BMI) before they became pregnant. (cdc.gov)
  • The study, "Association Between Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Congenital Heart Defects," published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, found a significant increase in several types of heart defects in babies born to overweight and obese women, compared to babies born to normal weight women. (cdc.gov)
  • Although the study found an association between overweight and obesity and the risk of certain birth defects, further study is needed to determine whether body weight is the direct cause of these birth defects. (cdc.gov)
  • And if, in turn, their weight is higher than the desired body weight for their height, they are said to be overweight. (silverfoxinn.net)
  • About 17% of soldiers are considered obese, and this impacts readiness because being overweight increases the risk of musculoskeletal injuries by putting extra strain on the body, according to Army 1st Lt. Cara Adams, a registered dietitian and the chief of outpatient nutrition at General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital in Missouri. (health.mil)
  • Body-mass-index-for-age z-scores were used to classify students into underweight, healthy weight, overweight and obese categories. (researchsquare.com)
  • Given the harmful effects posed by overweight for both child and adult health, preventive measures to control behaviors that lead to obesity should be implemented during the pre-natal period and early infancy 5 . (bvsalud.org)
  • With almost two thirds of the US population having overweight or obesity, one might argue that it's high time magazine covers and the media reflect the reality in our hometowns. (medscape.com)
  • Waist circumference is an effective measure of fat distribution, particularly for athletes who carry less fat and more muscle. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Waist circumference should be less than 94cm for men and 80cm for women for optimal health , as measured from halfway between the bottom of your ribs and your hip bones. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • 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)
  • Overall, measures of body weight, body fat, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference significantly dropped in the metformin group. (rxwiki.com)
  • Genetics and social factors - socio-economic status, race/ethnicity, media and marketing, and the physical environment also influence energy consumption and expenditure. (hhs.gov)
  • Whilst the media has speculated on the causes, such as greater health concerns, to our knowledge this has not been investigated formally. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A recent study on mental wellbeing found that being a non-drinker was associated with increased chances of both high and low mental wellbeing (versus medium wellbeing), compared with being a moderate drinker [ 17 ], suggesting that non-drinkers may have polarised characteristics in terms of health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Primary health care facilities are on the frontline of health care and are ideally positioned to provide regular contact with patients and to apply the preventive measures and continuum of care that people need to prevent or delay disabilities resulting from chronic health conditions. (who.int)
  • Significant correlation with measures of psychological and physiological health also reflected positively on the criterion-related validity of the scale. (scielo.org.za)
  • It is a mathematical ratio of height to weight that is used to determine body composition (or body fat percentage) to assess a person's level of health risk. (silverfoxinn.net)
  • The medical profession's overreliance on the BMI may be harming patients' health, as it is an imperfect tool that ignores much of what makes us healthy and focuses only on mass. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • We've known for some time that the body mass index (BMI) is an inaccurate measuring stick for assessing someone's weight and associated health. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • It does not distinguish between excess body fat or bone mass or musculature and does not interpret the distribution of fat (which is a predictor of health, including type 2 diabetes, metabolic disorders and heart disease). (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Rather than seeing BMI as the primary diagnostic test for determining a person's health, it should be used in conjunction with other measures and considerations. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • It's especially beneficial in predicting health outcomes in older people , as the ageing process alters the body proportions on which BMI is founded. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Some studies have found this measure is most strongly correlated with health predictions. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Yet keeping a healthy body weight is correlated with all those components and is essential for long term health, fitness and personal readiness. (health.mil)
  • Are you setting your body and your health up for success by consuming a variety of whole foods? (health.mil)
  • However, body fat percentage is a better indicator of an individual's overall health. (health.mil)
  • Scarcity of prospective studies, confounding, health-based selection, and lack of repeat exposure measures in longitudinal studies may have been in part responsible for these inconsistent findings. (cdc.gov)
  • Nevertheless, Esmail is one of a growing number of physicians harnessing the power of social media to improve health care. (umanitoba.ca)
  • Now, medical information and even measuring health parameters are accessible to anyone," says Bertalan Meskó, a medical futurist and author of The Guide to the Future of Medicine . (umanitoba.ca)
  • The seat can measure health parameters like heart rate and body mass index before storing the information on 'the cloud' for a doctor to access. (umanitoba.ca)
  • Body Mass Index has been used in recent decades as a referendum on individual health. (medium.com)
  • It is, I have been taught, a direct measure of my size and health. (medium.com)
  • A health care provider can use BMI to estimate how much body fat your child has. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The dental health status of the subjects was measured by DMFT index and def index. (bvsalud.org)
  • Advances in technology have helped to move saliva beyond evaluating oral health characteristics to where it now may be used to measure essential features of overall health 8 . (bvsalud.org)
  • The Health at Every Size movement, which some might consider to be the ultimate body positivity movement, espouses the idea that size and health are completely unrelated. (medscape.com)
  • Waist-to-hip ratio calculates the proportion of your body fat and how much is stored on your waist, hips and buttocks. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Tubular can also be caused by nephrotoxic issues like prolonged post renal failure, certain antimicrobials (antibiotics, antifungals, and antiviral drugs), radiographic contrast media, certain cytotoxic chemotherapy agents, recreational drugs, environmental agents, and snake and insect venom. (nursingessayhelp.org)
  • Measuring body fat and diagnosing obesity in children is different than measuring these in adults. (medlineplus.gov)
  • How To Calculate BMI : How to Measure and Interpret Your. (postgk.com)
  • Discover how to calculate and interpret your Body Mass Index (BMI) with this comprehensive. (postgk.com)
  • Subjects: Adult inpatients 18+ years admitted to medical or surgical wards, on a non-therapeutic/normal hospital diet were recruited by purposive sampling method between 2018 and 2019.Outcomes measures: Each participant's weight and height were measured to calculate body mass index (BMI) and to determine energy/protein requirements. (bvsalud.org)
  • The data were analysed using linear regression analyses adjusted for age and sex and subsequently for body fat percentage (BF%) assessed by DXA. (frontiersin.org)
  • A high BMI assumes a higher percentage of body fat, which places a person at greater risk for developing chronic diseases and other serious illnesses. (silverfoxinn.net)
  • Likewise, thin individuals who have a low body weight with very little muscle and a higher percentage of fat may have a normal BMI, which would be an incorrect indication of healthiness. (silverfoxinn.net)
  • Body composition and body fat percentage can also be calculated through skinfold measurement tests , by assessing specific locations on the body (such as the abdomen, triceps or quadriceps) with skin callipers. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • This simple and effective assessment provides clients with an accurate measurement of their body fat percentage, fat-free mass and fat mass in pounds. (health.mil)
  • The objective of this study was to examine the association between number and type of neighborhood food outlets and dietary intake and body mass index (BMI) measures among California adults according to the geographic size of a neighborhood or food environment. (cdc.gov)
  • EDIC) has shown that poor glycaemic control is associated measured annual y in all children older than 11 years who have had with a potential y more atherogenic profile in adults. (who.int)
  • 12] Screening should commence at 2 years trial, small very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), small high- of age if there is a family history of hypercholesterolaemia, early density lipoprotein (HDL), medium low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cardiovascular disease or if the family history is unknown. (who.int)
  • To compare the pregnancy outcomes between physiologic saline and G-Rinse medium solution for cervical mucus washing, in fresh elective single-embryo transfers (ET) in women under the age of 37. (springer.com)
  • Age, body mass index (BMI), AMH levels, and pregnancy outcomes as clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) and live birth rate (LBR) were analyzed. (springer.com)
  • In our study, the replacement of using G-Rinse medium solution to physiologic saline solution for cervical cleaning did not change CPR and LBR outcomes. (springer.com)
  • Surgical outcomes are increasingly judged using standardized measures to evaluate quality and to inform the public and insurance companies. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Body mass index, or BMI, is the main measure used in studies investigating whether people with obesity have worse outcomes. (ox.ac.uk)
  • These results can guide childhood obesity prevention measures in Kenya and other nations in East Africa. (researchsquare.com)
  • Cardiorespiratory fitness was assessed by a maximal exercise test on a cycle ergometer and quantified as maximal power output normalised for lean body mass assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorbtiometry. (frontiersin.org)
  • BMI does not measure the amount of weight composed of fat versus fat-free lean muscle mass. (health.mil)
  • 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)
  • Step into this oblong, egg-shaped machine for just five minutes and you'll receive a detailed analysis of your body composition measuring your fat mass and your fat-free mass, including blood, organs, and muscle. (health.mil)
  • Known as the "BodPod", the device can quickly assess your body composition with a degree of accuracy that once required far more costly and cumbersome methods. (health.mil)
  • The BodPod is a next-generation body composition device that uses air displacement to measure the density of your whole body to determine body composition and resting metabolic rate. (health.mil)
  • The device offers a more sophisticated measurement of your body composition than the traditional metric of Body Mass Index, or BMI, which only measures weight with respect to height. (health.mil)
  • The BodPod specifically measures body composition, and it uses different formulas based on ethnicity (which can account for differences in bone density and thoracic capacity, for example). (health.mil)
  • The BodPod can measure improvements in body composition as part of the wellness centers' holistic approach to body weight management and healthy lifestyles. (health.mil)
  • Recent work using naturalistic, repeated, ambulatory assessment approaches have uncovered a range of within-person mood- and body image-related dynamics (such as fluctuation of mood and body dissatisfaction) that can prospectively predict eating disorder behaviors (e.g., a binge episode following an increase in negative mood). (mdpi.com)
  • Associations between food environment measures and obesity are not reliably replicated, and dietary behaviors are not consistent with these associations (9). (cdc.gov)
  • Body satisfaction was not significantly correlated with self-esteem or strength of faith, which indicates that "internalization of thinness" may be becoming evident among populations in certain developing countries, as in "Western" countries. (who.int)
  • A 2018 report summarizing ten studies' research findings of more than 17,000 people ( American Journal of Preventive Medicine ) found that simply replacing 30 minutes of sedentary activity daily with 30 minutes of even mild activity significantly reduced BMI (Body Mass Index = weight/height), risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. (esthersternberg.com)
  • Body Mass Index is an indicator of surplus body fat and has since replaced the height-weight charts. (silverfoxinn.net)
  • Clinical pregnancy rate was 58.7% and 61.9% in the G-Rinse medium solution group and saline group, respectively ( p = 0.673), and LBR was calculated as 41.3% and 47.4% in the G-Rinse medium solution group and saline group, respectively ( p = 0.430). (springer.com)
  • The objective of this study was to examine the associations of number and type of neighborhood food environments with dietary intake and body mass index (BMI) measures by using definitions of "neighborhood" based on various geographic sizes. (cdc.gov)
  • Self-reported measures on dietary intake included the number of times per week the following were consumed during the month before the interview: fruits (excluding juices), vegetables (excluding fried potatoes), sugar-sweetened soft drinks (excluding diet soft drinks), and fried potatoes (including French fries, home fries, and hash browns). (cdc.gov)
  • The fats the researchers were interested in measuring were those found in salmon, sardines and other fatty fish: docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, and eicosapentaenoic acid, or EPA. (scienceblog.com)
  • Atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis is characterized by patchy intimal plaques (atheromas) that encroach on the lumen of medium-sized and large arteries. (merckmanuals.com)
  • For instance, a woman measuring 5 ft high (1.52 m), with a medium body frame should weigh between 103 lbs to 115 lbs (46.72 kg to 52.16 kg) to be considered healthy. (silverfoxinn.net)
  • Another example: a man standing 5 ft 8 in (1.72 m) tall, with a large body frame is healthy if he is weighing between 144 lbs to 163 lbs (65.32 kg to 73.94 kg). (silverfoxinn.net)
  • A highly muscled individual who is very fit and healthy may have a somewhat heavy body weight because muscles pack on a lot of pounds. (silverfoxinn.net)
  • Education on a healthy lifestyle was done using social media via WhatsApp groups. (ugm.ac.id)
  • While doctors may perform critically important work keeping us healthy and alive, they're not usually known as trailblazers when it comes to using social media. (umanitoba.ca)
  • Gastric emptying and accommodation were measured in healthy subjects. (snmjournals.org)
  • So, employers, if you want to keep your workers healthy, work with experts to get the objective measures you need to design your offices thoughtfully. (esthersternberg.com)
  • Significant predictors of dieting were low body satisfaction, number of previous dieting times, perceived media pressure, regular exercising, BMI, and perceived impact of weight on social interaction. (who.int)
  • The KIHD study measured the most comprehensive set of biological, behavioral, social, and psychological cardiovascular risk factors of any study, allowing for the control of virtually all known possible confounders. (cdc.gov)
  • For a young doctor who is as adept at using social media as he is at performing a tonsillectomy, that seems absurd. (umanitoba.ca)
  • That's why Esmail developed Medlinx, a social media communication platform for hospitals and clinics with a design and workflow inspired by Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus. (umanitoba.ca)
  • A report conducted in 2014 by marketing company MedData Group found that 44 per cent of more than 250 U.S. physicians surveyed did not use social media professionally. (umanitoba.ca)
  • In a few years, the patient will probably come to [their physician's] office with their history and even diagnosis already written down," says Ali Jalali, the University of Ottawa's interim head of anatomy and a special advisor on social media for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. (umanitoba.ca)
  • Activities included development and dissemination of newsletters sharing ideas, best practices, upcoming meetings, events, and activities of interest to members, maintaining an active social media presence for information-sharing and networking, and facilitating quarterly meetings and networking sessions for members. (mtsu.edu)
  • Dieting is ticipants gave their consent to complete spondents' perceptions of the extent to often linked to high body weight and the survey, which consisted of 2 parts: which their weight negatively influences low body satisfaction, thus those who demographics and measures used as social interactions. (who.int)
  • In March 2020, the University Hospital of Muenster (Muenster, Germany) started outreach to the public to identify persons who recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection through press briefings and social media. (cdc.gov)
  • Using SPECT to measure 3-dimensional volumes, maximal gastric volume occurred 20 min after meal ingestion (189% ± 25% of baseline). (snmjournals.org)
  • Using SPECT to measure 3-dimensional volumes, maximal gastric volume occurred immediately after the meal (184% ± 19% of baseline). (snmjournals.org)
  • PTSD symptoms were measured using the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version, a 17-item survey. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
  • The study subjects were 380 participants from the SONIC study, a cohort study of a community-dwelling old population, who measured their HBP in a series of 3-5 days by themselves and brought their HBP records to the venue on the survey day. (hindawi.com)
  • While most participants had decreased total dioxin concentrations and dioxin toxicity levels in their blood in the follow-up sampling, based on both of these measures some participants did increase. (cdc.gov)
  • difficulty in doing exercise, due to the lack of blood being pumped around the body. (onteenstoday.com)
  • blood biomarkers including BCAAs (leucine, isoleucine, valine) were measured for 6 h. (doaj.org)
  • The key ingredient for improved sleep quality from our study was a reduction in overall body fat, and, in particular belly fat, which was true no matter the age or gender of the participants or whether the weight loss came from diet alone or diet plus exercise," says Stewart. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • The team measured aging in 245 wild baboons from a well-studied population in Kenya using the epigenetic clock and other methods. (eurekalert.org)
  • It was initially called the Quetelet Index and was never meant to be used as a medical assessment tool. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • The assessment requires clients to wear Lycra or spandex on their body and head, such as a swimsuit and swimmer's cap. (health.mil)
  • Study population consisted of 75 women in the G-Rinse medium solution group and 97 women in the physiologic saline group. (springer.com)
  • The women were more likely than the men to be heavy, and body mass index (height-to-weight ratio) for all increased with age. (scienceblog.com)
  • He is credited with co-founding the school of positivist criminology, " which asserted the dangerousness of the criminal to be the only measure of the extent to which he was punishable . (medium.com)
  • For those out there who think of size in terms of body mass index (BMI), it was about 20, solidly in the "normal" category. (medscape.com)
  • However, evidence is more tentative than often presented in the news media and in policy arguments (7,8). (cdc.gov)
  • Six public schools, with children from low-, medium- and high-income households in Nairobi and Kisumu cities were purposively selected to participate in the study. (researchsquare.com)
  • scales from the Perceived Sociocultural pressures to be thin via the media are This study was carried out between Pressure Scale [15]. (who.int)
  • The aim of this study was to develop a scintigraphic test to measure gastric emptying and accommodation simultaneously. (snmjournals.org)
  • Judging by the media attention, our recent British Medical Journal: Occupational Environmental Medicine study (Casey Lindberg et al. (esthersternberg.com)
  • Tortuosity is commonly used to describe diffusion and fluid flow in porous media, such as soils and snow. (onteenstoday.com)
  • Saliva is a unique fluid and interest in it as a diagnostic medium has advanced exponentially in the last decade. (bvsalud.org)
  • Hypothesis 1 predicted that after factoring out demographic data for both the parent and the child, in addition to factoring out the daily media usage, unhealthy eating would still predict ill-being beyond the predictability of demographics and technology use. (rftp.com)
  • But what we found, using objective measures collected from wearable devices, was that office workers in open office settings were 32% more active than those in private offices, 20% more active than those in cubicles, and the more active workers were less stressed during after work hours. (esthersternberg.com)
  • On the contrary, it is a first attempt at indexing systematically the main articles on a subject that is extremely broad and has been rarely - if ever - reviewed. (aprirenetwork.it)