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MethodsEpidemicSurrogate for abdominalSevere obesityPercentileMorbidityHypertensionTriglycerideComorbiditiesCentral obesityManagement of obesityType 2 DiabetIndividualsSignificantlyCardiovascularMetabolic syndromeFactors in overweightDiabetesParticipantsPoints for overweightRatioMeasurementWeightAdulthoodCutoff pointsGlucoseConsequences of obesityPEDIATRIC OBESITYYearsNegatively28.7Body mass1990Adipose tissueControl of obesityTreatment of obesityPrevention of ObesityAssociation between obesityCardiometabolicChronicChildhood overweightClinicalSexesComplicationsInterventionsPrevalence amongParametersTriglyceridesFattyMeasurements2016Percentage of body fatRisk factors
Methods9
  • Routine evaluation of an expression of weight not adiposity [ 11 ] regional fat distribution on a wide scale and it provides no information on body fat requires methods that are simpler than distribution, so it can mask true obesity- dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), related risk in children [ 3 ]. (who.int)
  • Two common methods to assess the degree of obesity are measuring waist circumference, a surrogate for abdominal fat, and calculating the body mass index (BMI). (psychiatrist.com)
  • This study provides data on the comparison of the two most clinically relevant body composition methods in pediatric obese patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Moreover, no data are available on the comparison of two clinically relevant body composition methods for children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Methods A total of 51 Spanish girls (age 7-16 years) with abdominal obesity underwent 8 weeks of a multidisciplinary intervention for weight loss. (unav.edu)
  • Twenty-two normal healthy people were measured by the drainage volume (LV) and oversleeve measuring limb volume (OMLV) methods, so as to verify the accuracy of OMLV. (bvsalud.org)
  • BACKGROUND: The association between obesity during adolescence and the increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases indicates the need to identify reproducible and cost effective methods for identifying individuals who are at increased risk of developing diseases. (bvsalud.org)
  • METHODS: A fasting blood sample was taken in 93 pubertal obese adolescents aged 13-18 years old (39 males, 54 females) for the assessment of cardiometabolic risk markers (glucose, lipid profiles, insulin resistence, and inflammatory and endothelial dysfunction markers). (bvsalud.org)
  • METHODS AND RESULTS: We included 4840 adults (mean age 41.6 ± 7.9 years, 79% male) undergoing routine health screening examinations. (bvsalud.org)
Epidemic5
  • Obesity is considered the epidemic of the XXI century by the World Health Organization (WHO). (bvsalud.org)
  • Obesity is a growing global epidemic affecting all age groups. (pharmapdf.com)
  • It is suggested that until the epidemic progression of obesity is stopped and obesity prevented or at least properly managed, cardiologists will be confronted to an evolving contribution of risk factors where smoking, hypercholesterolemia and hypertension may be relatively less prevalent but at the expense of a much greater contribution of abdominal obesity and related features of the metabolic syndrome. (researchgate.net)
  • With a global epidemic in obesity, time is of the essence to make lasting improvements to patient care. (bhma.org)
  • Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in many countries around the world and is closely associated with several chronic diseases, including metabolic disease. (biomedcentral.com)
Surrogate for abdominal1
  • It has the Recent studies in children showed that a ability to act as a surrogate for abdominal greater deposition of central fat correlates fat [ 9 ]. (who.int)
Severe obesity5
  • Systolic blood pressure values were higher observed in individuals with severe obesity and increased waist circumference, as well as those of the male sex and in the group of adolescents. (bvsalud.org)
  • The high systolic blood pressure was associated with adolescents with severe obesity. (bvsalud.org)
  • Ms A, a 49-year-old woman with a history of severe obesity, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and multiple medical problems, was admitted to the hospital with severe anasarca and a chronic pleural effusion. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Prevalence of obesity and severe obesity among adults: United States, 2017-2018. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The importance of clinically identifying children with severe obesity is increasing, as these children are at particularly high risk for medical and probably psychological complications and may need to be specifically targeted for treatment. (txpeds.org)
Percentile5
  • A total of 13 086 children aged 7 - 12 years were screened and those with waist circumference = 90th percentile of their age were invited for further evaluations. (pharmapdf.com)
  • The current recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics is to track BMI percentile for children on a yearly basis. (txpeds.org)
  • if the BMI = 95th percentile, the child is considered obese. (txpeds.org)
  • For children younger than 2 years, weight-for-height values above the 95th percentile are classified as overweight. (txpeds.org)
  • the obesity was defined according to the sex- and age-specific growth charts proposed by National Research Center as BMI ≥ 95th percentile and other 50 age-matched non-obese (BMI between 25th and 85th percentile) children as controls. (springeropen.com)
Morbidity4
  • 8 Obese children are at increased risk for adult mortality and morbidity particularly from CVD. (pharmapdf.com)
  • 35 inches for women) has been shown to be an independent predictor of risk factors for obesity and increased morbidity. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Additionally, childhood obesity may be an independent risk factor for adult morbidity and mortality, regardless of the persistence of childhood obesity ( 2 ). (txpeds.org)
  • Obesity is a growing problem in most developed countries and is responsible for a significant degree of morbidity and mortality in the Western world. (dasefxofficial.com)
Hypertension10
Triglyceride8
  • Mean levels of triglyceride and Apo-lipoprotein B in obese children were signifi cantly higher than overweight participants. (pharmapdf.com)
  • Participants were designated as having metabolic syndrome if they met criteria for 3 of 5 variables: 1) high blood pressure, 2) low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, 3) high fasting blood glucose level, 4) high waist circumference, and 5) high triglyceride level. (cdc.gov)
  • Clinical diagnosis is made on the basis of the presence of 3 of 5 conditions: 1) high triglyceride level, 2) low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level, 3) high fasting blood glucose level, 4) presence of central obesity (ie, high waist circumference), and 5) high blood pressure ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • However, even in the absence of the hyperglycaemic state which characterizes type 2 diabetic patients, non diabetic individuals with a specific form of obesity, named abdominal obesity, often show clustering metabolic abnormalities which include high triglyceride levels, increased apolipoprotein B, small dense low density lipoproteins and decreased high density lipoproteins-cholesterol levels, a hyperinsulinemic-insulin resistant state, alterations in coagulation factors as well as an inflammatory profile. (researchgate.net)
  • This agglomeration of abnormalities has been referred to as the metabolic syndrome which can be identified by the presence of three of the five following variables: abdominal obesity, elevated triglyceride concentrations, low HDL-cholesterol levels, increased blood pressure and elevated fasting glucose. (researchgate.net)
  • Testosterone has been found to inhibit triglyceride uptake and lipoprotein lipase activity and cause a rapid turnover of triglycerides in abdominal adipose tissue (Martin et al, 1996). (bhma.org)
  • The waist-to-stature ratio was able to predict the triglyceride values (r² = 0.090). (bvsalud.org)
  • Another meta-analysis of 206 patients shows that aloe vera increases high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels and reduces triglyceride, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels when compared with placebo in adults with prediabetes and untreated diabetes ( 95943 ). (therapeuticresearch.com)
Comorbidities1
  • However it has been found that BMI alone cannot indicate obesity comorbidities risk and mortality appropriately [ 5 ]. (annexpublishers.co)
Central obesity2
  • The application of WHtR provides an alternative anthropometric index of central obesity that avoids the limitations of WC because the inclusion of height into the index enhances the avoidance of any potential confounding of cardiometabolic risk by height [ 19 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) requires central obesity as a mandatory component. (biomedcentral.com)
Management of obesity2
  • Obesity is now well recognized tory problems, sleep disorders, and and management of obesity. (who.int)
  • Lifestyle changes, including diet and physical activity, can be used alone or in combination with medications, psychotherapy, or surgery for the management of obesity. (adam.com)
Type 2 Diabet2
  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Particular attention should also be focused on the occurrence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in children. (txpeds.org)
  • Children and adolescents who were obese from childhood to adulthood were associated with increased risk of many metabolic abnormalities and type 2 diabetes mellitus, suggesting that obese individuals show an unfavorable metabolic profile that is associated with high cardiovascular risk [ 2 , 3 ]. (springeropen.com)
Individuals9
  • Weight loss in obese individuals significantly lowers the risk of health problems and early death. (adam.com)
  • Support achieving and maintaining a healthy weight in overweight individuals by helping to moderately reduce weight and body mass index. (vitalitymagazine.com)
  • Dietary restriction is an effective strategy for weight loss in obese individuals. (researchgate.net)
  • Overweight and obese individuals that increased PAL also experienced a decrease in -5.8% -4.6% in non-HDL concentrations from baseline to follow-up (p (bvsalud.org)
  • To circumvent this potential interpretational problem, we aimed at providing an overview about whether and how dietary supplementation of different complex carbohydrates changes the gut microbiome in healthy non-obese individuals. (frontiersin.org)
  • In this cross-sectional analysis, we gathered data from 465 overweight and obese individuals aged between 18 and 37 years. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends the use of body mass index (BMI) to assess overweight and obese individuals. (dasefxofficial.com)
  • It advises the measurement of waist circumference to supplement this in individuals with a BMI under 35 kg/m 2 . (dasefxofficial.com)
  • 35 kg/m 2 , ie in overweight or obese grade 1 individuals, as follows. (dasefxofficial.com)
Significantly5
  • 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)
  • Stepwise regression showed that only waist circumference significantly predicted metabolic syndrome. (cdc.gov)
  • however, this may vary significantly by age, dietary habits, gender, and even among participants with morbid obesity [ 9 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • For anthropometric variables, they were significantly higher in obese group than normal weight except for height ( P value 0.001). (springeropen.com)
  • Being obese, particularly with a BMI over 35, is associated with a significantly higher death rate. (adam.com)
Cardiovascular10
  • Obesity is a growing public health problem in developing countries considering its association with cardiovascular risk factors. (pharmapdf.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)
  • 4 for future cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including hyperten- The prevalence of obesity among children appears to be sion and dyslipidemia. (pharmapdf.com)
  • 9 Limited number of studies have been performed on child- Professor Bagher Larijani, Endocrinology and hood obesity and accompanying cardiovascular risk factors in Metabolism Research Center, Doctor Shariati Hospital, North the developing world. (pharmapdf.com)
  • The metabolic syndrome classification is of interest in epidemiologic studies because of its ability to predict the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes in adults ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Complications include cardiovascular disorders (particularly in people with excess abdominal fat). (msdmanuals.com)
  • The severity of having one or more aggregated cardiovascular risk factors for metabolic syndrome is known as the metabolic syndrome severity (MetSS), and can be measured with the metabolic syndrome severity score (MetSSS). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Elevated CRP may have a role in predicting altered lipid metabolism in obese children and this raises the possibility of cardiovascular diseases. (springeropen.com)
  • Obesity medications have been shown to help reduce risk factors for heart disease, but they have not yet been proven to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events or death, except in people with type 2 diabetes. (adam.com)
Metabolic syndrome10
  • Metabolic syndrome is increasing among adolescents. (cdc.gov)
  • We examined the utility of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference to identify metabolic syndrome in adolescent girls. (cdc.gov)
  • We predicted the likelihood of the presence of metabolic syndrome by using previously established cutpoints of BMI and waist circumference. (cdc.gov)
  • 001). Girls with a waist circumference above the cutpoint were more likely than girls with a waist circumference below the cutpoint to have metabolic syndrome ( P = .002). (cdc.gov)
  • Both anthropometric measures were useful screening tools to identify metabolic syndrome. (cdc.gov)
  • Waist circumference was a better predictor of metabolic syndrome than was BMI in our study sample of predominantly African American female adolescents living in an urban area. (cdc.gov)
  • Because Katzmarzyk et al did not determine whether these cutpoints identified metabolic syndrome, we attempted to do so in a sample of predominantly African American adolescent girls who attended high school and who lived in an urban area. (cdc.gov)
  • Metabolic syndrome linked to abdominal obesity is also predictive of recurrent coronary events both in post-myocardial infarction patients and among coronary artery disease men who underwent a revascularization procedures. (researchgate.net)
  • Treat metabolic syndrome , by reducing body mass index, waist circumference and body fat percentage, fasting glucose and lipid levels. (vitalitymagazine.com)
  • Media use may influence metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children. (biomedcentral.com)
Factors in overweight1
Diabetes9
  • The relationship between obesity and diabetes has been well documented in the Ghanaian population [ 5 , 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • All participants were apparently healthy and exclusion criteria were as follows: diabetes, secondary causes of obesity, chronic diseases or chronic medication as steroids, and acute infection. (springeropen.com)
  • 6. Kelley G, Kelley K. Effects of aerobic exercise on lipids and lipoproteins in adults with type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials. (ac.ir)
  • Obesity, fatty liver, and diabetes are now among the most prevalent metabolic diseases across all age groups. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) and International Diabetes Federation (IDF) definitions for MetS were applied. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The two most frequently used definitions for MetS are from the National Cholesterol Education Programs Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). (biomedcentral.com)
  • With a strong grounding in exercise metabolism and body composition, Dr Keating leads a program of research aimed at changing the way we prioritise, access and deliver lifestyle intervention for people with obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)/ metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) and type 2 diabetes. (edu.au)
  • Diabetes and high blood pressure are the more common causes of CKD in most adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Most clinical research in adults with prediabetes and diabetes shows that taking aloe vera orally can reduce fasting blood glucose by 30-47 mg/dL and HbA1c by 0.41% to 1% ( 12164 , 17488 , 17489 , 19756 , 95943 , 95945 , 95946 ). (therapeuticresearch.com)
Participants5
  • The recruitment of participants was done through the disclosure of the research in Basic Health Units, in collaboration with the City Hall Department of Health, including overweight or obese children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years of age. (bvsalud.org)
  • Participants were divided into two groups of over- weight or obese according to International Obesity Task Force criteria. (pharmapdf.com)
  • All survey participants were eligible for the body measures component. (cdc.gov)
  • The body measures data for these participants are not reported. (cdc.gov)
  • The waist circumference for 104 (56%) participants was above the cutpoint. (cdc.gov)
Points for overweight1
  • WHO Child Growth Standards at age use since the late 1970s, did not ad- younger than 5 years has been in- 5 years and with the recommended equately represent early childhood creasing steadily, from 4.8% in 1990 adult cut-off points for overweight and growth and that new growth curves to 6.2% in 2015 (Fig. 1.1), despite obesity at age 19 years [6]. (who.int)
Ratio7
  • Central fatness, mostly intra-abdominal circumference is a better index of android fat, is medically more important than (abdominal) obesity than waist-to-hip ratio subcutaneous fat in the trunk. (who.int)
  • To evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and various measurements such as waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in obese children. (annexpublishers.co)
  • The preferred and more accurate obesity metric in academic community is the body fat percentage (BF%) - the ratio of the total weight of a person's fat to his or her body weight. (annexpublishers.co)
  • Unfortunately, accurate measurement of the body fat percentage is much more difficult than measurement of BMI [ 6 ].Thus, many researches recommend other obesity measurements including waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and skinfold thickness [ 5 , 7 ]. (annexpublishers.co)
  • This has led to an increasing evidence for abdominal obesity indices such as waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) as predictors of CVD [ 16 , 17 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Anthropometric measures of adiposity, such a body mass index, waist-to-stature ratio, arm circumference and waist circumference,should be considered in the clinical evaluation of obese adolescents. (bvsalud.org)
  • Upon adjusting for confounders, those in the highest tertiles of BCAA intake exhibited an increase in weight, BMI, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and fat-free mass (FFM). (biomedcentral.com)
Measurement6
  • Pregnant women and persons who weighed more than 600 pounds were excluded from the sagittal abdominal diameter measurement. (cdc.gov)
  • There is no gold standard in body composition measurement in pediatric patients with obesity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A body volume measurement kit was designed based on the drainage volume method and the circumference measurement method. (bvsalud.org)
  • Twenty-eight patients with lymphedema diagnosed by the circumdiameter measurement (CDM) method were measured with OMLV for comparison. (bvsalud.org)
  • Anthropometric screenings included measurement of height, weight, waist circumference and body mass index (BMI). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although there is a well-known association between cardiorespiratory endurance and health outcomes in adults, the measurement of cardiorespiratory endurance in youth and of its relationship to health outcomes is relatively new to the literature. (nationalacademies.org)
Weight28
  • 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)
  • Therefore, the successful prediction of future risk for overweight and obesity and subsequent weight management are important topics in Taiwan. (researchsquare.com)
  • It was measured the abdominal circumference, blood pressure, weight and height. (bvsalud.org)
  • NHANES body measures data are used to monitor trends in infant and child growth, to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in U.S. children, adolescents, and adults, and to examine the associations between body weight and the health and nutritional status of the U.S. population. (cdc.gov)
  • The new collected Sagittal Abdominal Diameter (SAD) data will be used to establish population-based reference ranges, and to improve the health risk assessments associated with body weight and obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • Have you ever been frustrated by not knowing how to help your obese patients control their appetite and weight? (psychiatrist.com)
  • Many Aetna plan benefit descriptions specifically exclude services and supplies for or related to treatment of obesity or for diet and weight control. (aetna.com)
  • Aetna considers up to a combined limit of 26 individual or group visits by any recognized provider per 12-month period as medically necessary for weight reduction counseling in adults who are obese (as defined by BMI greater than or equal to 30 kg/m 2 Footnotes ** ). (aetna.com)
  • Aetna considers the FDA-cleared weight reduction device, Plenity (Gelesis, Inc.), as medically necessary to aid in weight management in overweight and obese adults with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25-40 kg/m 2 , when used in conjunction with diet and exercise. (aetna.com)
  • The medical necessity criteria set forth below do not apply to health plans that specifically exclude services and supplies for or related to treatment of obesity or for diet or weight control. (aetna.com)
  • Obesity is excess body weight, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of ≥ 30 kg/m 2 . (msdmanuals.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)
  • In a clinical setting BMI is a useful tool in assessing children's weight status, but additional clinical information is useful in making the diagnosis of obesity. (txpeds.org)
  • Weight-for-height values for these children should be plotted. (txpeds.org)
  • Background Recent studies have associated several microRNAs (miRNAs) with childhood obesity and energy homeostasis, suggesting that an individual miRNA profile could be used as an early predictor to estimate the response to weight loss interventions in the design of precision nutrition. (unav.edu)
  • 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)
  • This study provides support that a home-based childhood obesity prevention intervention may improve weight outcomes among parents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Future research should explore how home-based interventions influence family behaviour and dynamics to impact weight outcomes in children and their parents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A significant difference was reported for all lipid profile parameters between obese and normal-weight groups ( P value 0.001). (springeropen.com)
  • The following data were collected: personal (sex and date of birth), anthropometric (weight, height, waist, and hip measurements) were taken. (springeropen.com)
  • Teaching parents healthy lifestyle skills can lead to a sustained weight reduction in moderately obese children, including those in ethnically diverse populations. (adam.com)
  • School-based physical activity programs do not seem to promote greater overall activity levels or weight loss in children. (adam.com)
  • Accordingly, this review examines the effects of daily CR versus intermittent CR on weight loss, fat mass loss and lean mass retention in overweight and obese adults. (researchgate.net)
  • The following reasons may have contributed to this discrepancy: we inferred that the Chinese elderly were less willing than young and middle-aged adults to participate at enrollment due to a lack of health education, and the baseline body weight is much lower in Asians than in Western populations, as investigations have determined (25,26). (researchgate.net)
  • 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)
  • We aimed to prospectively examine the effects of self-initiated longitudinal PAL changes on body mass index (BMI) and cardiometabolic parameters in normal weight, overweight and obese adults. (bvsalud.org)
  • You may find the Obesity and Weight Loss article more useful, or one of our other health articles . (dasefxofficial.com)
  • A BMI of ≥40 kg/m 2 is obese (Grade III) or morbidly obese, meaning that weight is a real and imminent threat to health. (dasefxofficial.com)
Adulthood2
Cutoff points1
  • Currently, there are no cutoff points to define obesity in children younger than 2 years. (txpeds.org)
Glucose3
Consequences of obesity2
  • It also and to develop a comprehensive and may have devastating conse- examined the health and economic response to childhood obesity, the quences for this very vulnerable age consequences of obesity and their WHO Director-General established group. (who.int)
  • The present cross-sectional study investigated the occurrence of metabolic consequences of obesity in adolescents and the use of adiposity indicators as predictors of cardiometabolic risk. (bvsalud.org)
PEDIATRIC OBESITY1
  • 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)
Years24
  • ABSTRACT This cross-sectional study of 1283 healthy children (681 boys, 602 girls) aged 6-11 years tested the degree of correlation between waist circumference measurements and adiposity. (who.int)
  • Central overweight and obesity were indicators for central fatness for both overweight boys and girls and for obese girls except in age group 6.5 ± 1 years. (who.int)
  • This study aimed to determine the associations of health-related physical fitness with body mass index (BMI) distribution and overweight/obesity risk among adults aged 23-64 years in Taiwan. (researchsquare.com)
  • Cross-sectional study including 200 children and adolescents between two and 18 years old. (bvsalud.org)
  • In Brazil, the Family Budget Survey (POF) 2 held in 2008-2009, found that overweight and obesity are increasing, reaching respectively 21.7% and 5.9% of adolescents and 34.8% and 16.6% of children in the years surveyed. (bvsalud.org)
  • In total, 38 children and adolescents (age: 10-18 years, BMI: 25-54 kg/m 2 ) were included. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Obesity has tripled in the last forty years and represents already a health issue in childhood. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Worldwide reports reveal that obesity has tripled in the last 40 years [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In 2016, 41 million children younger than 5 years and 340 million children and adolescents aged between five to nineteen years, were overweight or obese [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • For the males, the BMI scores were strongly correlated with the HC for children younger than 14 years, and this correlation was weaker for children older than 14 years. (annexpublishers.co)
  • In recent years, the prevalence of obesity has been increasing in children. (annexpublishers.co)
  • Obesity in Adolescents Obesity is now twice as common among adolescents than it was 30 years ago and is one of the most common reasons for visits to adolescent clinics. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In 2012, 15 years after the first and mortality from many noncommu- ganization (WHO), recognizing the Expert Consultation on Obesity was nicable diseases (NCDs). (who.int)
  • However, than 5 years and in adults. (who.int)
  • WHO developed a growth reference for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO than 90% of all children younger for these population groups (aged child growth reference, which had than 5 years globally. (who.int)
  • as at 2015, Ghana recorded 266,200 cases with a prevalence rate of 1.9% in adults (20-79 years). (hindawi.com)
  • 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)
  • For children aged 2 to 20 years, age- and gender-specific references for BMI exist. (txpeds.org)
  • The growth curves for children younger than 2 years do not include BMI percentiles, as BMI standards for children in that age group do not exist. (txpeds.org)
  • This cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 adults aged 30 to 70 years old. (nutriweb.org.my)
  • The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the distribution of 25(OH)D levels in a cohort of healthy Italian school-age children, aged 5-10 years, in relationship to determinants of vitamin D deficiency such as season, BMI, gender, age and ethnicity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • DM exposure increased as children grew older (from 2.2 h/day at 2 years to 4.2 h/day at 16 years). (biomedcentral.com)
  • PhD (Exercise Physiology) and over 15 years' experience as an AEP developing, delivering, and disseminating exercise interventions in adults with obesity and related chronic diseases. (edu.au)
  • From the abstract: ' In this Review, we discuss advances in the genetics of obesity from the past decade-with emphasis on developments from the past 5 years-with a focus on metabolic consequences, and their potential implications for precision management of the disease. (cdc.gov)
Negatively1
28.71
  • When present in overweight children and adolescents, high blood pressure (BP) may have values from two to six times higher than those found in eutrophic children and adolescents, with variations between 28.7% and 46.4%, respectively, for overweight and obesity 6,7 . (bvsalud.org)
Body mass5
19902
Adipose tissue1
Control of obesity2
Treatment of obesity1
  • Dietary supplementation with complex carbohydrates is known to alter the composition of gut microbiota, and optimal implementation of the use of these so called "prebiotics" could be of great potential in prevention and possibly treatment of obesity and associated cardiometabolic and inflammatory diseases via changes in the gut microbiota. (frontiersin.org)
Prevention of Obesity1
Association between obesity2
  • Many studies have been performed on the association between obesity and WC, HC, WHR, and WHtR [ 8-10 ]. (annexpublishers.co)
  • The aim of this study was to systematically review the scientific evidence on the association between obesity and academic performance in school children. (bvsalud.org)
Cardiometabolic3
  • For boys, the arm circumference values predicted the increase in fasting insulin (r² = 0.200), homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (r² = 0.267) and cardiometabolic risk score (r² = 0.338). (bvsalud.org)
  • We then reviewed whether the reported changes in gut bacterial members found to be established by complex carbohydrates would benefit or harm the cardiometabolic and immunological health of the host taking into account the alterations in the microbiome composition and abundance known to be associated with obesity and its associated disorders. (frontiersin.org)
  • We conclude that supplemental complex carbohydrates that increase Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli, without increasing the deleterious Bacteroides , are most likely promoting cardiometabolic and immunological health in obese subjects. (frontiersin.org)
Chronic5
  • Health-related physical fitness reduces the risk of chronic disease, promotes quality of life and has enormous economic benefits considering the global health care costs resulting from obesity. (researchsquare.com)
  • Body fat percentage (BFP) is strongly associated with the risk of several chronic diseases and a massive increased fat mass leads to obesity defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Obesity is the most common chronic metabolic disease in children. (springeropen.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)
  • [ 4 ] Using BMI and waist circumference to assess risk of health problems, 40% of adults were at high or very high risk of chronic disease. (dasefxofficial.com)
Childhood overweight1
  • Cord blood metabolites and rapid postnatal growth as multiple mediators in the prenatal propensity to childhood overweight. (who.int)
Clinical6
  • 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)
  • If you have, then the following clinical vignette and discussion should prove to be a useful stimulus for learning more about obesity, its assessment, and its treatment. (psychiatrist.com)
  • At clinical routine due to its feasibility, safety, and efficiency, bioelectrical impedance analysis is appropriate for obese pediatric patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 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)
  • Childhood obesity is a challenging clinical condition. (cdc.gov)
  • One clinical trial in children and adults with acne shows that topical application of a gel containing aloe 50% in the morning and evening, in addition to topical application of tretinoin 0.025% cream and twice daily cleansing with a medical soap, improves acne lesions by approximately 35% more than using the same treatments without aloe ( 90124 ). (therapeuticresearch.com)
Sexes2
  • 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)
  • Higher levels of the 3MPKS test and relative grip strength were associated with lower BMI and overweight/obesity risk in both sexes. (researchsquare.com)
Complications3
  • We therefore believed that an exami- lar risk [ 3 ] and increased risk of metabolic nation of waist circumference in a group complications [ 4 ]. (who.int)
  • Over the past few decades, researchers have been making great efforts to find better measurements for obesity and its complications. (annexpublishers.co)
  • In the US, obesity and its complications cause as many as 300,000 premature deaths each year, making it second only to cigarette smoking as a preventable cause of death. (msdmanuals.com)
Interventions4
  • Home-based lifestyle behaviour interventions show promise for treating and preventing childhood obesity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Family-based childhood obesity interventions may be effective at preventing and treating childhood obesity [ 13 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Multiple family theories inform family-based obesity interventions, many of which have overlapping concepts [ 11 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Secondary causes of obesity are often sought but rarely found, and few can be addressed by successful therapeutic interventions. (cdc.gov)
Prevalence among1
  • Although the prevalence among adolescents is increasing, it is still low and routine laboratory screening is not needed. (cdc.gov)
Parameters4
  • HC, WHtR, and WC may be used as alternative parameters for measuring obesity, with considerations of age and gender. (annexpublishers.co)
  • The objective of the study is to evaluate anthropometric and metabolic parameters in obese Egyptian children and correlate them with hs-CRP level. (springeropen.com)
  • This study was carried out to evaluate anthropometric and metabolic parameters in obese Egyptian children and correlate them with CRP level. (springeropen.com)
  • This research seeks to examine the association between estimated dietary BCAA consumption and glycemic, and metabolic markers, as well as anthropometric parameters in adults classified as overweight or obese. (biomedcentral.com)
Triglycerides1
Fatty1
  • 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)
Measurements4
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • For the limited sample size, we used GRA to explore the relationships between different obesity measurements in children. (annexpublishers.co)
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  • According to the latest figures available (2015-2016), 39.8% of American adults (age 20 and older) are obese, and 71.6% are obese or overweight. (adam.com)
Percentage of body fat1
  • Measuring body fat can be cumbersome (ie, measuring the percentage of body fat). (psychiatrist.com)
Risk factors4