• 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)
  • Body composition was measured by both dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and bioelectrical impedance (BIA) methods. (frontiersin.org)
  • Total body fat mass and regional adiposity were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. (humankinetics.com)
  • Metabolic syndrome is associated with abdominal obesity, blood lipid disorders, inflammation, insulin resistance, full-blown diabetes, and increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. (wikipedia.org)
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is strongly associated with abdominal obesity and insulin resistance and effective approaches to nutrition (e.g., omega-3 fatty acids intake) might improve the cardiometabolic risk profile. (frontiersin.org)
  • The number of breaks in sedentary time per day was not associated with any cardiometabolic risk factor, but longer mean duration of daily breaks in sedentary time were associated with a lower odds of having abdominal adiposity (P = 0.04) and elevated diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.01). (altmetric.com)
  • RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS -The sample studied comprised 297 apparently healthy men with available computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scans of the abdomen, metabolic data, and maximal treadmill exercise test results. (diabetesjournals.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)
  • Both of the previous methods seek to measure overall body density. (bodybuilding.com)
  • Furthermore, continued investigation into the most effective methods of preventing and treating obesity and into methods for changing environmental and economic factors that will lead to worldwide cultural changes in diet and activity should be priorities. (medscape.com)
  • People who live to 100 years have lower measures of creatinine, glucose and uric acid in their blood compared to those with a comparatively shorter lifespan, researchers say. (medicaldaily.com)
  • Several lifestyle intervention trials have highlighted the fact that increasing physical activity and adopting healthy eating habits can reduce body weight and waist circumference and lower the risk of developing diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • Even without weight loss, physical activity can reduce visceral adipose tissue and improve indices of plasma glucose-insulin homeostasis. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • Abdominal fat is especially active hormonally, secreting a group of hormones called adipokines that may possibly impair glucose tolerance. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cardiovascular health score was defined by the American Heart Association as a composite score of 7 key risk factors (smoking status, physical activity, diet, body mass index, blood pressure, total cholesterol, and fasting blood glucose) with 0 to 2 points for each factor. (unav.edu)
  • 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)
  • Cardiovascular diseases in adults are associated with cardio-metabolic factors including hypertension, dyslipidaemia, abdominal obesity and abnormal glucose regulation- the combination of which is known as metabolic syndrome (MetS) [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.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)
  • Objective-- To investigate the associations between long work hours and adiposity measures in police officers. (cdc.gov)
  • Objective To investigate associations between the expression of circulating adiposity-related miRNAs and the response to a weight loss intervention. (unav.edu)
  • Our objective was to investigate associations between ACEs and sleep measures among 206 police officers from the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress study. (cdc.gov)
  • The causes of this preferential adipose tissue accumulation include an obesogenic and diabetogenic diet, a low level of physical activity leading to a positive energy balance, and genetic susceptibility. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • Waist circumference measures the accumulation of fat around the abdominal area (central adiposity). (medicscientist.com)
  • Post-mortem analyses of coronary arteries have indicated that obesity (associated with a high accumulation of abdominal fat measured at autopsy) was predictive of earlier and greater extent of large vessels atherosclerosis as well as increase of coronary fatty streaks. (researchgate.net)
  • Reducing abdominal fat is particularly beneficial given its connection to metabolic syndrome and increased risk for heart disease. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Elevated waist circumference, a crude anthropometric index of the absolute amount of visceral adipose tissue, better predicts the risk of developing the metabolic syndrome and related disorders than BMI. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • In addition to its ties to abdominal obesity, the metabolic syndrome has also been linked to blood lipid disorders, an inflammatory and pro-thrombotic state, hypertension, and insulin resistance. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • 3] found that the best predictors of incident metabolic syndrome over a 5 year follow-up were waist circumference, HDL cholesterol, and proinsulin levels. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • The authors suggested that steps should be taken to address components of the metabolic syndrome, such as waist circumference, in order to reduce the risk of developing the syndrome and related complications such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • In this CPR, we discuss the management of obesity and metabolic syndrome (O&MS) in children and adolescents with CKD stages 2-5 and on dialysis, as well as after kidney transplantation, focusing on non-pharmacological treatment (diet, physical activity and behavior modification). (springer.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Although both abdominal fat and low CRF are significant predictors of health risk, the independent contribution of these two factors is not firmly established. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The contribution of various lifestyle and therapeutic interventions to reducing body weight, abdominal fat in particular, and preventing insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes is examined below. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • Abdominal obesity is typically associated with a statistically higher risk of heart disease, hypertension, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes (see below). (wikipedia.org)
  • Increased adiposity (obesity) raises serum resistin levels, which in turn directly correlate to insulin resistance. (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The primary goals of FAN are to increase physical activity, increase fruit and vegetable consumption, and improve blood pressure among its participants. (cdc.gov)
  • Overall, BIA is somewhat reliable provided certain, stringent conditions have been met such as, no eating or drinking prior to the test (about 4 hours), no exercise for 12 hours before the test, no alcohol consumption for 48 hours, and no diuretic usage 18 . (bodybuilding.com)
  • Although the prevalence of smoking in the Western world has progressively declined over the past forty years - due largely to effective and comprehensive tobacco control measures - tobacco consumption remains high in many countries across Asia where about 40-70% of men smoke [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the present study, we used the twin design to better understand the relationship between soda consumption and BMI by accounting for measured and unmeasured confounds in non-experimental data. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Are Physical Activity and Sedentary Screen Time Levels Associated With Food Consumption in European Adolescents? (who.int)
  • We included studies of educational interventions with clinically relevant outcomes and excluded studies that dealt with nonadult populations or populations with pre-existing catabolic or other complicated disorders, that did not focus on African Americans, that provided no quantitative baseline or follow-up data, or that included no diet or physical activity education or intervention. (cdc.gov)
  • The intervention consisted of a very low volume (60 min per week) of low-to-moderate intensity exercise training (perception of effort from 3 to 6 on an 11-point scale). (nature.com)
  • The exercise intervention was particularly effective in enhancing the functionality of older adults with multimorbidity, especially in walking speed and balance skills. (nature.com)
  • In that study, a sample of 522 middle-aged men and women, who were all overweight with IGT, were randomly assigned to an intervention group designed to lower total intake of fat (especially saturated fats) to less than 30% of energy consumed, increase intake of dietary fibre, and ensure participants took part in moderate exercise for at least 30 minutes per day. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • Anthropometric measurements, body composition assessment, and metabolic parameters were measured at baseline and after 60 days of intervention. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Abdominal obesity has been strongly linked to cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, and other metabolic and vascular diseases. (wikipedia.org)
  • Abdominal obesity was more closely related with metabolic dysfunctions connected with cardiovascular disease than was general obesity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Abdominal obesity is linked with higher cardiovascular events among South Asian ethnic population. (wikipedia.org)
  • Recently, studies in children and teenagers seem to confirm the usefulness of waist circumference as an appropriate indicator of metabolic and cardiovascular risk 8-10 as it has a greater correlation with central adiposity, and is therefore considered an important factor in the evolution of cardiovascular disease 11 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Anthropometric measurements and a general questionnaire incorporating questions related to socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics, education level and physical activity were used. (isciii.es)
  • Longer sitting time was positively correlated with abdominal obesity in the rural population, and methylation level of JAK2 may be an underlying mediation of the effect. (nature.com)
  • This cross-sectional design study analysed accelerometry-determined sedentary behaviour and physical activity collected over 7 days from 111 (66 girls) UK schoolchildren. (altmetric.com)
  • Sedentary lifestyle: Lack of physical activity3. (medicscientist.com)
  • Unhealthy eating, low levels of physical activity and sedentary behaviours (SB), the latter characterized by activities that require low energy expenditure performed in reclining or lying position such as sitting in front of screens, substantially contribute to the development of MetS [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Growing awareness of the role of a healthful diet and physical activity in reducing chronic disease has greatly increased the volume of recent literature on the subject, so that many reviews (6-9) are now outdated. (cdc.gov)
  • The prevention of pediatric obesity by promoting healthful diet, activity, and environment should be a primary goal, as achieving effective, long-lasting results with lifestyle modification once obesity occurs is difficult. (medscape.com)
  • 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)
  • however, few studies have examined the association between waist circumference and risk factors in African Americans (9,12,13). (cdc.gov)
  • It is now generally believed that intra-abdominal fat is the depot that conveys the biggest health risk. (wikipedia.org)
  • We address the risk factors and diagnostic criteria for O&MS and discuss their management focusing on non-pharmacological treatment management, including diet, physical activity, and behavior modification in the context of age and CKD stage. (springer.com)
  • In developing countries, the rapid related risk behaviours and risk factors of progress of modernization is associated with children living in different provinces in a cluster of NCD and unhealthy lifestyles, order to design and implement necessary in- including smoking, physical inactivity and terventions in the next phases of the study. (who.int)
  • In linear dose-response meta-analysis of the observational studies, each 10-unit increase in metabolic equivalent of task (MET)-h/week higher recreational physical activity was associated with 15% and 14% lower risk of all-cause (95% confidence interval [CI]: 8%-22%, studies = 12, deaths = 3670) and breast cancer-specific mortality (95% CI: 4%-23%, studies = 11, deaths = 1632), respectively. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Nonlinear dose-response meta-analyses indicated 48% lower all-cause and 38% lower breast cancer-specific mortality with increasing recreational physical activity up to 20 MET-h/week, but little further reduction in risk at higher levels. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Considering the methodological limitations of the included studies, the independent Expert Panel concluded 'limited-suggestive' likelihood of causality for an association between recreational physical activity and lower risk of all-cause and breast cancer-specific mortality. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The findings from this large prospective study show that men who are taller and who have greater adiposity have an elevated risk of high-grade prostate cancer and prostate cancer death. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Conversely, serum resistin levels have been found to decline with decreased adiposity following medical treatment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Serum omega-3 fatty acid levels were measured with the gas chromatography method. (frontiersin.org)
  • Serum vitamin D levels were determined with high performance liquid chromatography, food intake was measured by semiquantitative frequency and nutritional status was assessed by anthropometry. (bvsalud.org)
  • These associations may be mediated by engagement in light activity. (altmetric.com)
  • Fig. 1: Associations of sitting time with abdominal obesity. (nature.com)
  • It is important to clarify the associations between modifiable lifestyle factors such as physical activity and breast cancer prognosis to enable the development of evidence-based survivorship recommendations. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • We first explored the associations between physical behaviors and total and regional adiposity. (humankinetics.com)
  • The results for waist circumference were generally similar to those for BMI, but the associations were slightly stronger for high-grade (HR = 1.43, 1.07-1.92) and fatal prostate cancer (HR = 1.55, 1.23-1.96). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Waist circumference (WC) measurements were carried out in duplicate and the arithmetic mean was calculated. (bvsalud.org)
  • Physical exercise, when practiced regularly and in adequate doses, is a proven nonpharmacological measure that helps to prevent and reverse noncommunicable diseases, as well as reduce mortality rates from any cause. (nature.com)
  • We performed a systematic review and meta-analyses to summarise the evidence on the relationship between postbreast cancer diagnosis physical activity and mortality, recurrence and second primary cancers. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Second, we examined how reallocating time in different physical behaviors was associated with total body fat mass in men and women from a low-income South African setting. (humankinetics.com)
  • Physical behaviors were measured using integrated hip and thigh accelerometry to estimate total movement volume and time spent in sleeping, sitting/lying, standing, light physical activity, and moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). (humankinetics.com)
  • Subjects were advised to maintain their original dietary intake and physical activity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This research aimed to estimate the association of sitting time with abdominal obesity and the role of Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) methylation in the association among rural adults. (nature.com)
  • The logistic regression model was utilized to assess the association of sitting time with abdominal obesity, and the possible effect of JAK2 DNA methylation on the association were conducted by using mediation analyses. (nature.com)
  • Moreover, Chr9: 4985407 site and Chr9: 4985238-4985455 region methylation levels mediated the association of sitting time with abdominal obesity, and the indirect effects account for 6.78% and 4.24%, respectively. (nature.com)
  • Fig. 2: Mediation effect of methylation level of Chr9: 4985407 site and Chr9: 4985238-4985455 region on association of sitting time with abdominal obesity. (nature.com)
  • Activity-Inactivity Patterns, Screen Time, and Physical Activity: The Association with Overweight, Central Obesity and Muscle Strength in Polish Teenagers. (nature.com)
  • A two-step procedure was conducted: first, individual age-dependent DM trajectories were calculated using linear mixed regressions based on random intercept (hours/day) and linear slopes (hours/day/year) and used as exposure measures in association with MetS at a second step. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We investigated the association of height and adiposity with incidence of and death from prostate cancer in 141,896 men in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These studies described interventions for improving diet or physical activity as indicators of health promotion and disease prevention and that reported significant improvement in clinical outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Waist circumference as a vital sign in clinical practice: a Consensus Statement from the IAS and ICCR Working Group on Visceral Obesity. (nature.com)
  • The incidence of preventable chronic diseases is disproportionally high among African Americans and could be reduced through diet and physical activity interventions. (cdc.gov)
  • Our review suggests that nutrition and physical activity educational interventions can be successful in improving clinically relevant outcomes among African Americans in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Primary prevention interventions aimed at reducing the higher incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases among African Americans (3-5) include education about healthful lifestyle choices regarding diet and physical activity. (cdc.gov)
  • Interest in and funding for research into the health effects of improved nutrition and physical activity is needed to develop interventions that would reduce disparities between African Americans and the US population overall. (cdc.gov)
  • For example, a recent review (10) examined physical activity outcomes (ie, increasing frequency of exercise) among African Americans but did not evaluate various health-related outcomes (ie, weight loss or improved lipid profile) resulting from increased exercise. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • 0.001) and was related with age, overweight and abdominal obesity. (isciii.es)
  • 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)
  • In addition, since with physical training, body fat can decline while muscle mass can increase, net changes in body weight cannot reliably predict body fat levels. (bodybuilding.com)
  • 2. Increase in physical activity and exercise on a regular basis are important in the prevention and management of obesity. (medicscientist.com)
  • Exercise can help increase energy expenditure and achieve the balance with calories consumed and spent. (medicscientist.com)
  • Other tools, such as pharmacotherapy for BMI of 27 kg/m 2 or higher with comorbidity or BMI over 30 kg/m2 and bariatric surgery for BMI of 35 kg/m 2 with comorbidity or BMI over 40 kg/m 2 , should be used as adjuncts to behavioral modification to reduce food intake and increase physical activity when this is possible. (medscape.com)
  • Drugs may amplify adherence to behavior change and may improve physical functioning such that increased physical activity is easier in those who cannot exercise initially. (medscape.com)
  • There was no correlation between the percentage of body fat according to DXA and most indicators of adiposity. (bvsalud.org)
  • Recreational physical activity was not associated with breast cancer recurrence (HR = 0.97, 95% CI: 0.91-1.05, studies = 6, deaths = 1705). (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Postdiagnosis recreational physical activity and breast cancer prognosis: Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) systematic literature review and meta-analysis. (who.int)
  • Postdiagnosis body fatness, recreational physical activity, dietary factors and breast cancer prognosis: Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) summary of evidence grading. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • Considerable attention has been given to waist circumference as a complementary (10) and, in some cases, superior (8) assessment to BMI. (cdc.gov)
  • This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. (altmetric.com)
  • therefore the overall level of adiposity is needed as a starting point. (bodybuilding.com)
  • Men were categorized into low-CRF (20%, n = 56), moderate-CRF (40%, n = 94), and high-CRF (40%, n = 147) groups based on age and exercise test results. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Recommendations of rPA in adults aged 65 years and older state a minimum of 150 min of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week, at least 75 min of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity 10 . (nature.com)
  • Moderate exercise for 20 minutes after a sleepless night can improve brain power, a new study has found. (medicaldaily.com)
  • You are seeing a free-to-access but limited selection of the activity Altmetric has collected about this research output. (altmetric.com)
  • Furthermore, the EG decreased their waist circumference ( p = 0.005), a proxy of abdominal adiposity, and demonstrated an increased likelihood (73%) that a randomly selected change in muscle mass score from the EG would be greater than a randomly selected change score from the control group. (nature.com)
  • BACKGROUND AND AIMS: While studies have described the importance of higher physical activity levels (PAL) in weight loss, the impact of self-initiated PAL on health status warrants further study. (bvsalud.org)
  • however, activities with higher sun exposure were highly related (p = 0.013). (bvsalud.org)
  • In addition to shiftwork, many researchers revealed that long working hours may contribute to obesity if workers had decreased physical activity and fewer meals at home and consumed more fast food or pre-prepared processed food.15-17 Escoto et al17 showed that transit workers with long work hours had elevated obesity and poor dietary habits. (cdc.gov)
  • Blood pressureMedical history will be taken along with eating habits and the amount of physical activity. (medicscientist.com)
  • In general, older adults perform insufficient physical activity and do not meet the doses recommended by the World Health Organization for the improvement of health through physical activity. (nature.com)
  • Obesity causes decreased tidal volumes due to reduced in chest expansion that is caused both by the weight on the chest itself and the effect of abdominal obesity on flattening the diaphragms. (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)
  • Recently, Ross and Katzmarzyk ( 7 ) reported that for a given BMI, individuals with high CRF had lower abdominal skinfold thickness and waist circumference compared with individuals with lower CRF, independent of sex. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Perceptually regulated intensity during exercise training seemed to be a very interesting strategy to train individuals with low physical fitness and comorbidities. (nature.com)
  • This article will briefly review the major techniques, finishing with a simple, easily employed method, requiring nothing more than a tape measure and a look up table that should be more than adequate for most individuals. (bodybuilding.com)