• Durga Ganesh, a medical student at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, reported that at both medical centers the use of statins and non-Hispanic black ethnicity were associated with a later onset of AMD, and obesity was associated with an earlier onset of AMD. (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • When data were stratified for ethnicity, statins, fluoxetine, sex, and obesity were significant only within non-Hispanic white subjects. (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • In both cohorts, the study concluded, the use of statins and non-Hispanic black ethnicity were associated with a later onset of AMD, and obesity was associated with an earlier onset of AMD onset. (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • METHODS: We analyzed 2013 and 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System ( BRFSS ) data from 29 states, controlling for sex, age, race/ethnicity, and education. (cdc.gov)
  • Previous reports have documented marked differences in the prevalence rates of arthritis by age, sex, race, ethnicity, education, and body mass index (BMI) (1-3). (cdc.gov)
  • Multivariable adjusted probability of having 1 or more cardiometabolic risk factors among adults (aged ≥20 y) with overweight or obesity but not diabetes, Patient Outcomes Research to Advance Learning (PORTAL), 2012-2013. (cdc.gov)
  • Chinese Americans are disproportionately affected by modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors such as diabetes and high blood pressure (4,5). (cdc.gov)
  • Only 29% receive adequate blood pressure control, those living with diabetes have a 45% greater risk of suffering ischemic heart disease , and obesity confers a 64% higher risk of developing ischemic heart disease in women vs 46% in men. (medscape.com)
  • For example, women who experience pregnancy complications like gestational diabetes have a higher risk for ischemic heart disease and type 2 diabetes . (medscape.com)
  • Obesity remains strongly associated with diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension in the KSA, although the epidemic's characteristics differ between men and women. (cdc.gov)
  • The two conditions had some shared risk factors-especially female sex, obesity, diabetes, and smoking. (plasticsurgery.org)
  • They have, among other things, focused on the sex differences in the effect of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • According to Gerdts, obesity also increases the risk of diabetes 2. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A woman with diabetes has a much higher relative risk of heart complications and death than a man. (sciencedaily.com)
  • We know that women with diabetes 2 are usually obese and some of this fat is stored in the heart, which makes it more vulnerable for disease. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Introduction: Gestational diabetes (GD) is a known risk factor for delivery, fetal and perinatal complications. (endocrine-abstracts.org)
  • According to the International Diabetes Federation (2), waist circumference should not exceed 94 cm in men and 80 cm in women. (gurze.com)
  • Those factors increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases of atherosclerotic etiology and diabetes mellitus type 2 [ 1 , 5 - 9 ], which are the main cause of premature deaths among most of the European and US population [ 10 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Affected patients often present with comorbidities such as obesity, cardiovascular disease (systemic hypertension, heart failure, atrial fibrillation) and diabetes mellitus type II [ 2 ]. (ersjournals.com)
  • Background: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been suggested to contribute to the development of metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). (lu.se)
  • However, there was a significant sex-interaction for PFOA (p = 0.02), and an inverse association could be seen between PFOA (on a SD-scale) and prevalent diabetes in women only (OR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.52, 0.96, p-value: 0.02). (lu.se)
  • Impact: Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has been linked to unfavorable human health, including metabolic disorders such as obesity, diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. (lu.se)
  • Conclusions: PFOA was found to be inversely related to both prevalent diabetes and changes in plasma glucose levels among women only. (lu.se)
  • Thus, our findings suggest there are sex differences in the inverse relationship of PFOA and type 2 diabetes and glucose levels. (lu.se)
  • In the long term, overweight and obesity in children increase the risk of health problems later in life, including obesity, diabetes, heart disease, some cancers, respiratory disease, mental health and reproductive disorders. (who.int)
  • Obesity in childhood only was not associated with adult social class, income, years of schooling, educational attainment, relationships, or psychological morbidity in either sex after adjustment for confounding factors. (bmj.com)
  • But a third sedentary activity, reading, was not associated with obesity for either sex. (gc.ca)
  • males of the S5B/P1 strain showed 12% weight gain, while females gained no weight at all. (wikipedia.org)
  • The region extends from the high moun- involvement of adult males and females in tains of Sarawat (with an altitude of 3200 m the study, couples were regarded as the above sea level) to the Red Sea, and lies a study unit. (who.int)
  • There were 6 males and 28 the diagnosis of gallstone disease, offering females. (who.int)
  • The prevalence in males and inexpensive and adjacent organs can also females was 4.2% (95% CI: 1.7-8.5) and be assessed. (who.int)
  • Forty-two males had non-obese BMI, 23 males had high BMI, 63 females had non-obese BMI, and 55 females had high BMI. (newswise.com)
  • These appear consistent with previous observations that females with obesity, compared to males, may have greater anxiety, lower resilience and difficulty integrating emotions with action-directed goal planning. (newswise.com)
  • Overeating (hyperphagia) and sedentary behavior are known risk factors for obesity, but research in these areas - especially overeating - has been studied almost exclusively in males. (news-medical.net)
  • In sedentary rats (where the running wheel was blocked), chow intake was greater in males, compared to females. (news-medical.net)
  • This diet-induced hyperphagia was significantly greater in sedentary females (35.7 ± 3.1% increase), relative to sedentary males (9.1 ± 2.2% increase). (news-medical.net)
  • There were several significant differences in the BMI between males and females, linked to some occupational factors. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Many such variables probably concur in increasing obesity in women and some crucial aspects of metabolic homeostasis may affect the onset of obesity in a substantially different manner in the two sexes, since they are regulated differently in males and females [ 13 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In 2016, a total of 1,658,716 new cancer cases were reported in the United States: 833,308 among males and 825,408 among females. (cdc.gov)
  • The overall rate was 471 per 100,000 among males and 413 per 100,000 among females. (cdc.gov)
  • b Percentage based on all invasive cancers by sex (total invasive cancers for males or females). (cdc.gov)
  • For males, tobacco- and obesity-associated cancers were the leading groups among the five risk factor-associated cancers among all races and Hispanic people ( Figure 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • For every 100 females there were 94.60 males. (wikipedia.org)
  • For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.30 males. (wikipedia.org)
  • Males had a median income of $31,702 versus $20,502 for females. (wikipedia.org)
  • Objectives To assess adult socioeconomic, educational, social, and psychological outcomes of childhood obesity by using nationally representative data. (bmj.com)
  • Persistent obesity was not associated with any adverse adult outcomes in men, though it was associated among women with a higher risk of never having been gainfully employed (odds ratio 1.9, 95% confidence interval 1.1 to 3.3) and not having a current partner (2.0, 1.3 to 3.3). (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions Obesity limited to childhood has little impact on adult outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • Persistent obesity in women is associated with poorer employment and relationship outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • A recent systematic review found no longitudinal studies on the outcomes of childhood obesity other than physical health outcomes 3 and only two longitudinal studies of the socioeconomic effects of obesity in adolescence. (bmj.com)
  • The study of adult outcomes of childhood obesity is difficult because obesity often continues into adult life and therefore poorer socioeconomic and educational outcomes may actually reflect confounding by adult obesity. (bmj.com)
  • Yet identifying outcomes related to obesity confined to childhood is important in determining whether people who are obese in childhood and who later lose weight remain at risk for adult adversity and inequalities. (bmj.com)
  • We used longitudinal data from the 1970 British birth cohort to examine the adult socioeconomic, educational, social, and psychological outcomes of childhood obesity. (bmj.com)
  • We hypothesised that obesity limited to childhood has fewer adverse adult outcomes than obesity that persists into adult life. (bmj.com)
  • Fetal male sex is known to be associated with worse perinatal outcomes, such as macrosomia, neonatal hypoglycemia, low Apgar scores, birth defects and mortality. (endocrine-abstracts.org)
  • However, studies evaluating the impact of fetal sex on perinatal outcomes in women with GD are scarce. (endocrine-abstracts.org)
  • To evaluate the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity and the concomitant presence of both outcomes and their determinants among adults living in a rural area. (scielosp.org)
  • We evaluated three outcomes: general obesity (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m 2 ), abdominal obesity (waist circumference ≥ 102 cm and ≥ 88 cm in men and women, respectively), and concomitant obesities, classified as: no risk, only one risk factor, and aggregate factors. (scielosp.org)
  • The risk of general and abdominal obesity and concomitant outcomes increased significantly with age in both sexes. (scielosp.org)
  • However, rural activities were a protective factor for obesity outcomes. (scielosp.org)
  • The early identification and mitigation of modifiable risk factors for the development of chronic kidney disease are important for improved patient outcomes. (ceufast.com)
  • The strong overlap between the profile for SDB patients and the identified risk factors for adverse outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, which include age, male sex and cardiometabolic comorbidity [ 3 ], suggest that SDB patients may benefit from effective therapy if confronted with COVID-19 infection [ 4 ]. (ersjournals.com)
  • Obesity was associated with worse outcomes in physical functioning, physical role, bodily pain, and vitality. (bvsalud.org)
  • Factors associated with worse outcomes are female sex, fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue, and obesity. (bvsalud.org)
  • Living a sedentary lifestyle is one of the leading factors in causing obesity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Considered as by-products of the processes of accelerated urbanization and globalization, the consumption of high energy density foods, sedentary lifestyle, and obesity showed an increase in their prevalences in the last decades in middle- and low-income countries 2 2. (scielosp.org)
  • in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Studies have shown an association between childhood urban settings, due to changes in dietary habits and obesity and increased prevalence of high blood pressure, an increasingly sedentary lifestyle. (who.int)
  • The associated factors found were alcoholism, smoking, sedentary lifestyle and obesity, and more than 45% of the patients had at least two associated factors. (bvsalud.org)
  • The most important modifiable risk factors for chronic migraine include overuse of acute migraine medication, ineffective acute treatment, obesity, depression and stressful life events. (nature.com)
  • Overweight and obesity are important modifiable risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD) 1 1. (scielosp.org)
  • The likelihood of overweight or obesity among women who worked 1-2 night shifts per week was significantly higher - 1.5-1.6 times - than those on day shifts. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In addition, the labor market is significantly affected by the negative effects of obesity and the reduction in the workforce due to this condition amounts to 571,000 full-time workers per year [ 16 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Obesity and no LTPA varied significantly by sex for several occupations. (cdc.gov)
  • As well, leisure-time computer use was significantly associated with obesity among men and women. (gc.ca)
  • Multiple mental and physical illnesses, along with some of the medications that treat such illnesses can increase someone's risk of obesity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Women, the poor, and older people are at higher risk of obesity worldwide (8,9). (cdc.gov)
  • Sex-specific factors have key roles and must be taken into consideration in studying occupational factors associated with the risk of obesity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The aim of this study was to investigate gender differences in body mass index (BMI) in a large cohort representative of Italian workers and, correlating this index with several demographic and occupational variables, to verify sex- and work-dependent differences in the risk of obesity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Gender-specific differences in occupational factors associated with the risk of obesity are useful with a view to characterizing this risk and helping identify workplace-targeted intervention strategies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • During the session titled "Cardiac Care in Women: Emerging Risk Factors" at CardioAcademic 2023, the former president of the American College of Cardiology emphasized that gender equity in care for cardiovascular disease will only be achieved when risk factors are evaluated from a gender-dependent perspective and when assessments are broadened to include novel and unrecognized risk factors, not just traditional risk factors. (medscape.com)
  • Gerdts explains that many of the differences between woman and men when it comes to heart disease are connected to the sex hormone, oestrogen. (sciencedaily.com)
  • It builds on an earlier UCLA study in which Gupta and colleagues examined sex-related differences in the prominence and signaling of brain regions in obesity. (newswise.com)
  • The new study supports and corroborates many findings from that and earlier studies and provides MRI evidence of differences in brain structure, function, and connectivity that may help researchers better understand obesity-related drives and behaviors. (newswise.com)
  • But people assigned female at birth face unique risks, largely due to differences in anatomy and hormones. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Sex-specific differences like anatomy, red blood cell count and hormones seem to impact a person's risk factors, symptoms and other aspects of their cardiovascular health. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • This article uses "people AFAB" and "people AMAB" to describe sex-specific differences. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Researchers have found many sex-specific differences in the cardiovascular system . (clevelandclinic.org)
  • But there are some important sex-based differences you should know about, specifically in relation to heart attacks and heart failure . (clevelandclinic.org)
  • This suggests that sex differences and complex molecular mechanisms may underlie the observed findings. (lu.se)
  • A better understanding of the factors and molecular mechanisms contributing to such differences is recognized as an important direction for future research. (lu.se)
  • Each pri- vation and interview questionnaires to col- mary health care centre has a well-defined lect data about sociodemographic factors, catchment area and population. (who.int)
  • We first compared sociodemographic factors and body mass index between men and women. (cdc.gov)
  • Chronic migraine prevalence, disability, and sociodemographic factors: results from the American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention Study. (nature.com)
  • To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity and the sociodemographic factors and lifestyle risk behaviours associated with obesity among in-school children in Al Buraimi Governorate, Oman. (who.int)
  • Fat distribution can be influenced by the sex and age of the person with metabolic disorders. (gurze.com)
  • We performed crude and adjusted Poisson regression analyses for each obesity outcome and multinomial logistic regression for metabolic risk. (scielosp.org)
  • Metabolic syndrome is defined as a group of coexisting metabolic risk factors, such as central obesity, lipid disorders, carbohydrate disorders, and arterial hypertension. (hindawi.com)
  • The study group consisted of 839 patients with diagnosed metabolic syndrome: 345 men (41.1%) and 494 women (58.9%) aged 32-80. (hindawi.com)
  • Abdominal obesity is the major disorder constituting a base for the development of metabolic syndrome. (hindawi.com)
  • Evidence from the conducted studies has revealed that abdominal obesity (assessed based on the waist circumference) plays a very important role in the development of metabolic disorders and in the assessment of cardiovascular risk. (hindawi.com)
  • Because heritable factors appear to be responsible for 45-75% of the inter‐individual variation in body mass index (BMI), the potential impact of genetic determinants of metabolic rate upon the predisposition to obesity must be considered. (drsharma.ca)
  • While numerous somatic and mitochondrial genes with potential effects on metabolic rate have been identified, their contribution to human obesity has yet to be defined Likewise, although there is preliminary evidence for intrauterine and perinatal programming of genes involved in energy metabolism, their role in human obesity remain unclear. (drsharma.ca)
  • Additional factors that can affect metabolic rate will be discussed in subsequent posts. (drsharma.ca)
  • Metabolic syndrome presented a prevalence of 24.0%, with a higher frequency in females (33.8%) (p=0.007). (bvsalud.org)
  • The number of calories needed varies from person to person, depending on age, sex, activity level, and metabolic rate. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Pregnancy can really be a major stress test for the heart, and I believe that as healthcare professionals, we should all be asking women if they have had pregnancy-related complications. (medscape.com)
  • Statistically, we know that 10%-20% of pregnant women report complications during pregnancy, and strong associations have been shown between gestational hypertension [and] preeclampsia. (medscape.com)
  • Concerns about the rising prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents have focused on the well documented associations between childhood obesity and increased cardiovascular risk 1 and mortality in adulthood. (bmj.com)
  • To review the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Australian children and adolescents in two national samples, 10 years apart, using the new standard international definitions of the International Obesity Task Force Childhood Obesity Working Group. (nih.gov)
  • The secular trend of increasing overweight and obesity in the decade from 1985 and the high prevalence rates in Australian children and adolescents are a major public health concern. (nih.gov)
  • Obesity in Adolescents Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than the 95th percentile for age and gender. (msdmanuals.com)
  • This indicator reflects the percentage of school-age children and adolescents aged 5-19 years who are classified as overweight, based on age- and sex-specific values for body mass index (BMI). (who.int)
  • The immediate consequences of overweight and obesity in school-age children and adolescents include a greater risk of asthma and cognitive impairment, in addition to the social and economic consequences for the child, for the child's family and for society. (who.int)
  • Kwon SC, Wyatt LC, Li S, Islam NS, Yi SS, Trinh-Shevrin C. Obesity and Modifiable Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Chinese Americans in New York City, 2009-2012. (cdc.gov)
  • Few studies have used BMI cut points modified for Asians in examinations of modifiable CVD risk factors among Asian Americans, including Chinese Americans (4). (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of our study was to describe the association between BMI, using both standard and Asian-modified cut points, and modifiable CVD risk factors among Chinese Americans in New York City. (cdc.gov)
  • This is one of the few modifiable risk factors for the disease that a person can control," Smith says. (time.com)
  • 4 Additionally, cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx including the oropharynx can be associated with other modifiable risk factors, tobacco and alcohol use. (umc.edu)
  • 4 Cancers of the rectum can also be associated with other modifiable risk factors, tobacco use, alcohol use, and obesity. (umc.edu)
  • Survey items were adapted from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System interview (7). (cdc.gov)
  • 4 According to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 2020, 82.3% of women ages 21 to 65 in Mississippi report having had a Pap test in the past three years. (umc.edu)
  • Through this article, we will better define abdominal obesity is and discuss treatment solutions to combat it. (gurze.com)
  • Abdominal obesity results in an enlarged belly. (gurze.com)
  • To identify abdominal obesity, BMI monitoring must be followed by waist circumference measurement. (gurze.com)
  • Abdominal obesity can make life very disabling for those who suffer from it. (gurze.com)
  • Of them, 29.5% presented general obesity and 37.8% presented abdominal obesity. (scielosp.org)
  • We observed high prevalences of general and abdominal obesity in this population, which is consistent with the values found in urban populations. (scielosp.org)
  • According to the 2005 IDF criteria, subsequently revised in 2009, abdominal obesity is identified as the waist circumference of ≥80 cm in women and ≥94 cm in men. (hindawi.com)
  • Due to the limitations of BMI methodology, current reports by the World Health Organization and other organizations suggest combining the measurements of BMI and abdominal obesity [ 11 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • To quantify the relationship between categories of body mass index (BMI) and incident asthma in adults and to evaluate the impact of sex on this relationship. (nih.gov)
  • An active lifestyle and not smoking may have additive effects on reducing the genetic susceptibility to obesity in adults. (nature.com)
  • It is one of the first studies based on a nationally representative data set to examine associations between sedentary behaviours and obesity among Canadian adults. (gc.ca)
  • To help reach populations who would most benefit from prevention and early intervention, we sought to identify independent risk factors for moderate to severe disease from pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection among adults and to describe the characteristics of those who sought early medical treatment to determine the effectiveness of public health messages. (cdc.gov)
  • This review will focus on the epidemiology and pathophysiology of cancer-associated thrombosis, risk factors, and new predictive biomarkers for VTE as well as discuss novel prevention and management regimens of VTE in cancer according to published guidelines. (oncologynurseadvisor.com)
  • Research reveals that women with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above are nearly three times as likely to have PMS than women who are not obese. (medscape.com)
  • Odds ratios were calculated for the risk of each adult outcome associated with obesity in childhood only, obesity in adulthood only, and persistent child and adult obesity, compared with those obese at neither period. (bmj.com)
  • Gortmaker et al found that US women who had been obese in late adolescence in 1981 were less likely to be married and had lower incomes seven years later than women who had not been overweight, while men who had been overweight were less likely to be married. (bmj.com)
  • 4 Sargent et al found that UK women, but not men, who had been obese at 16 years in 1974 earned 7.4% less than their non-obese peers at age 23. (bmj.com)
  • According to The World Health Organization (WHO) 11 per cent women and 15 per cent men are obese (BMI over 30 kg/ m2) globally. (sciencedaily.com)
  • For instance, female shift workers were 1.32 times (95% CI 1.11-1.57) more likely to be overweight or obese than normal-weight workers, and this association was maintained when controlling for confounders. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although the current prevalence of obesity in Italy is in fact somewhat lower than in many other countries, in the last 40 years the obese population has constantly risen from approximately 7% in the 1970s to the current 20% [ 16 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Next, we conducted a sex-specific analysis for obesity and its associated factors using backward elimination multivariate logistic regression models. (cdc.gov)
  • Although obesity has been implicated as an asthma risk factor, there is heterogeneity in the published literature regarding its role in asthma incidence, particularly in men. (nih.gov)
  • Overweight and obesity are associated with a dose-dependent increase in the odds of incident asthma in men and women, suggesting asthma incidence could be reduced by interventions targeting overweight and obesity. (nih.gov)
  • The incidence in premenopausal women is much lower than in men of that age, but after menopause the incidence starts to balance out. (time.com)
  • This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicate that a higher risk for arthritis is associated with older age, overweight, or obesity and that a lower risk is associated with being Asian/Pacific Islander or Hispanic or with having a higher education level. (cdc.gov)
  • It is intended to mimic the most common cause of obesity in humans. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, while many insights into the control of obesity have come from experiments since its introduction in 1949, the use of animal models does restrict our ability to extrapolate findings to humans. (wikipedia.org)
  • Obesity is affected by "environmental, biological, and psychosocial pressures", therefore it is understandable that several limitations are established when translating results between the results of a diet induced obesity model in a lab and humans. (wikipedia.org)
  • With the increase in life expectancy, obesity is causing more years of disability (2). (cdc.gov)
  • Obviously, this has significant consequences both in terms of health and economic burden, since the reduction in life expectancy attributable to overweight is 2.7 years and obesity/overweight accounts for 9% of national health costs [ 16 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Of 3,142 counties in the United States in 2013, Perry County ranked 3,140 in the life expectancy of both male and female residents. (wikipedia.org)
  • It's not clear what causes uterine fibroids, but female sex hormone levels and genetics may play a role. (healthline.com)
  • Obesity is influenced by a combination of factors that includes genetics, hormones, behavior, and the environment. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Although genetics and some disorders cause obesity, most adolescent obesity results. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Driven by the worldwide epidemic of obesity, particularly in the Western world, the DIO model has been integral in understanding the relationship between high-fat/high-density diets and obesity, including the discovery of Akt and mTOR, signals in the body linked to obesity and insulin resistance. (wikipedia.org)
  • Additionally, samples of low-income women and children were also shown to have higher rates of obesity because of stress. (wikipedia.org)
  • To determine current rates of obesity and associated risk factors and chronic conditions, the SMOH, in collaboration with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, conducted a large household survey in 2013. (cdc.gov)
  • Previous studies reporting on the interaction between physical activity and genetic susceptibility on obesity have been cross-sectional and have not considered the potential influences of other lifestyle behaviours. (nature.com)
  • Most of the publications have investigated how single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in or near FTO , the strongest genetic susceptibility locus, interact with physical activity to influence BMI and obesity in cross-sectional analyses. (nature.com)
  • The pathogenesis of obesity is substantially correlated to a long-term energy imbalance between too many calories consumed and too few calories expended, that can result from a combination of over-eating, scant energy expenditure, and physical inactivity [ 17 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Prevalence of obesity, no leisure-time physical activity, and short sleep duration among occupational groups in 29 states. (cdc.gov)
  • OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine prevalence of obesity (body mass index of 30 or higher), no leisure-time physical activity in the past 30 days (no LTPA), and short sleep duration (averaging less than 7 hours of sleep per 24-hour period) among 22 occupational groups. (cdc.gov)
  • This reinforces findings of other studies that found television viewing to be related to obesity, independent of physical activity and dietary intake. (gc.ca)
  • For example, strong evidence suggests that physical activity reduces the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, endometrium cancer, and colon cancer. (cdc.gov)
  • Because cancer registries do not routinely collect information about risk factors, cancer types associated with alcohol use, human papillomavirus infection (HPV), obesity, physical inactivity, and tobacco use were analyzed ( Figure 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Objective: We developed an SMS text based interactive Obesity Treatment Approach (iOTA) to promote healthy eating and physical activity among low-income health care workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Factors that result in the age‐related decline in energy requirements include changes in neuroendocrine factors (e.g. sympathetic activity, thyroid function, etc.) as well as a reduction in skeletal muscle quantity and quality (resulting from reduced physical activity, reduced protein intake and other less‐well‐understood factors). (drsharma.ca)
  • Other factors associated with worse scores were an older age in physical functioning and high age-adjusted Charslon comorbidity in physical functioning and general health. (bvsalud.org)
  • Obesity results from a combination of factors, including the reduced opportunity for physical activity, the increased availability of high-calorie foods, and the presence of genes that make obesity more likely. (msdmanuals.com)
  • sess 4 behavioral risk factors (current cigarette smoking, heavy drinking, binge drinking, and physical inactivity) and obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • We examined the preval- the lowest prevalence of physical inactivity, and those in the Southern Plains region had the highest prevalence of obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • Efforts to reduce the socioeconomic and psychosocial burden of obesity in adult life should focus on prevention of the persistence of obesity from childhood into adulthood. (bmj.com)
  • The factors that favor the risk of developing Long- CoViD seem to be: advanced age, female sex, obesity and hospitalization. (iss.it)
  • Although obesity was not independently associated with hospitalization, it was associated with an increased risk of requiring mechanical ventilation. (cdc.gov)
  • The female sex hormone estrogen may help explain risk inequalities. (time.com)
  • The DIO model was developed in response to growing concerns over the health effects of obesity, as well as the rapid growth of the obesity rate in countries around the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • British researchers found symptoms of long COVID are more frequently reported by women, those with poor health before the pandemic, and those aged 50 to 60 years. (abc.net.au)
  • The researchers have compared common risk factors for heart disease and how these affect men and women differently. (sciencedaily.com)
  • However, researchers know relatively little about the factors that make a person more likely to drink alcohol before having sex . (rightstep.com)
  • In a study published in August 2014 in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence , researchers from several U.S. institutions examined the potential impact of two specific factors: the absence or presence of a current relationship and the presence of diagnosable symptoms of alcohol use disorder. (rightstep.com)
  • The researchers looked for individuals in this group who consumed alcohol before having sex in most or all circumstances. (rightstep.com)
  • After completing their work, the researchers concluded that a diagnosis for alcohol use disorder and a person's current state of relationship involvement have a combined effect on the odds of consuming alcohol before having sex. (rightstep.com)
  • Newswise - A new study from UCLA researchers finds sex-specific brain signals that appear to confirm that different drivers lead men and women to develop obesity. (newswise.com)
  • These correlations persist even after researchers have controlled for obesity, medication use, and other confounding explanations. (time.com)
  • The researchers concluded that female rats are more susceptible than male rats to over consume a palatable, sweetened diet, and that female rats are less likely than male rats to use exercise as a means to control appetite in the presence of such a diet. (news-medical.net)
  • The researchers' conclude that female rats are more vulnerable than male rats to this "sweet" form of diet-induced hyperphagia. (news-medical.net)
  • Larger studies are needed to understand the predictors of overweight and obesity among in-school children in Oman and to design relevant school-based interventions to prevent obesity among young Omanis. (who.int)
  • Consequently, the efforts to address and improve behavioral risk factors related to Office of Minority Health at the US Department Health and Hu- chronic disease in AI/AN people, both nationwide and among IHS man Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regions, through culturally appropriate interventions. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition to finding that emotion-related and compulsive eating appear to play a major role in obesity in women, that study showed that men's eating behavior tends to be affected by a greater awareness of gut sensations and visceral responses - those related to abdominal discomfort. (newswise.com)
  • The study, conducted through the G. Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Ingestive Behavior and Obesity Program at UCLA, included 183 participants, ages 18-55. (newswise.com)
  • Transdisciplinary healthcare researcher and dietitian with expertise in implementation science, childhood nutrition, eating/ingestive behavior, innovations in clinical and community health care, and obesity prevention and treatment. (stanford.edu)
  • Among females, the three leading sites-breast, lung and bronchus, and colon and rectum-accounted for half of cancers diagnosed among females in 2016 ( Table 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • 2 Below are graphs of the trends in HPV-related cancers over the period 2003 to 2019 by race and sex where the counts allow for such breakdown with a description of the trends occurring in each group both for the full time period and for the most recent period between 2015 and 2019. (umc.edu)
  • We conducted a cross-sectional study among 714 male and female in-school children aged 6-17 years in 14 government schools in Al Buraimi Governorate, Oman, from April to July 2019. (who.int)
  • 2019 ( https://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/UNICEF-WHOlowbirthweight-estimates-2019/en/ ). (who.int)
  • There is a need for effective health promotion programmes targeting in-school children in Oman, as well as regular monitoring of lifestyle behaviours associated with overweight and obesity among the younger populations. (who.int)
  • 2 Childhood obesity has considerable social and psychological consequences within childhood and adolescence, 3 yet little is known about social, socioeconomic, and psychological consequences in adult life. (bmj.com)
  • This study aims to estimate the prevalence of CND and its associated factors in the adult riverside population of the Rio Madeira in Humaitá, Amazonas State, Western Brazilian Amazon. (bvsalud.org)
  • Central obesity was assessed by calculating the waist-to-height ratio, and the waist-to- height ratio cutoff of 0.50 was used to identify central obesity in both boys and girls. (who.int)
  • The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 12.3% and 16.3% respectively, and 21.4% of the students had central obesity. (who.int)
  • The peer-reviewed data is consistent with findings from other studies that have found women are more susceptible to long COVID, says Kirsty Short, a virologist from the University of Queensland. (abc.net.au)
  • The study, appearing in the peer-reviewed journal Brain Communications, combined data from several modes of MRI with patients' clinical features and personal histories to identify sex-specific mechanisms in the brain underlying obesity. (newswise.com)
  • They found the odds of developing long COVID were 50 per cent higher in women than men. (abc.net.au)
  • After adjustment for other factors, the odds of having migraine were 2.6 times higher for those with CTS. (plasticsurgery.org)
  • Which Factors Increase the Odds of Drinking Before Sex? (rightstep.com)
  • It's a firmly established fact that people who drink significant amounts of alcohol before having sex substantially increase their odds of participating in risky sexual practices and developing a sexually transmitted infection. (rightstep.com)
  • Which Factors Increase the Odds? (rightstep.com)
  • More specifically, they found that, among people with diagnosable alcohol use disorder symptoms, not being in a relationship substantially increases the odds that drinking will precede sex . (rightstep.com)
  • They believe that the findings of their current project underscore this connection by detailing its impact on the odds that a person will have sex after drinking. (rightstep.com)
  • When factors such as age, marital status, education, household income, immigrant status and urban-rural residence were taken into account, the odds of obesity among men and women who reported watching television 21 or more hours a week were almost twice the odds for men and women who averaged 5 hours or fewer in front of the tube. (gc.ca)
  • Many countries are experiencing an increasing prevalence of childhood obesity and this needs to be carefully addressed. (who.int)
  • The reason is that only 50 per cent of the heart failure cases among women are caused by having a heart attack, which can be treated with modern methods. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 101 schoolchildren (46.5% male and 53.5% female) selected from public and private schools. (bvsalud.org)
  • What is apparent is that the genetic predisposition to obesity (including both energy intake and metabolism) is not explainable on the basis of a small number of common mutations exerting substantial effects on the individual tendency to weight gain. (drsharma.ca)
  • We need to remember that smoking and obesity pose a higher risk for cardiovascular disease in women than in men. (medscape.com)
  • Women living with depression are at higher risk of smoking, not exercising as much, are perhaps less careful with their hygiene, are not likely to adhere to their medications, and don't sleep as well. (medscape.com)
  • We think that this is part of the explanation for why high blood pressure seems to indicate higher risk of heart disease amongst women. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Prior to menopause, women tend to have much higher estrogen levels than men. (time.com)
  • Obesity is a multifactorial condition and a major risk factor associated with several non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, and with a higher risk of premature death and disability. (biomedcentral.com)
  • People assigned male at birth have a higher rate of pancreatic cancer than people assigned female at birth. (healthline.com)
  • But people assigned male at birth also have a higher rate of risk factors, such as smoking and metalwork. (healthline.com)
  • Age, female sex, and higher income predicted higher engagement. (cdc.gov)
  • Severe obesity is defined as a BMI of 40 or higher. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Recently, the development of novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) that directly inhibit factor Xa or thrombin is a milestone achievement in the prevention and treatment of VTE. (oncologynurseadvisor.com)
  • Because stratified analyses suggested that the effect of BMI on arthritis differed by sex, the model was applied separately to men and women. (cdc.gov)
  • Background: Observational and genetic Mendelian randomisation (MR) data has demonstrated the association of adulthood overweight/obesity with development of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). (endocrine-abstracts.org)
  • CONCLUSION: Prevalence of obesity, no LTPA, and short sleep varied by occupation and affected more than one in five U.S. workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusion: The prevalence of TDI among 12-year-olds was high, associated mainly with gender, and the clinical factors of overjet and inadequate lip coverage, but no associations were found with socioeconomic status or nutritional standards. (bvsalud.org)
  • Body mass index (BMI) cut-off points defining overweight and obesity were applied to the individual BMI values in the two cross-sectional samples. (nih.gov)
  • Men and women have different biologies and this results in different types of the same heart diseases. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The results show specific network connectivity changes associated with high BMI, regardless of sex. (newswise.com)
  • Ultimately, BMI results are no longer sufficient to make an accurate diagnosis of obesity. (gurze.com)
  • RESULTS: By occupation, prevalence ranged from 16.1% to 35.8% for obesity, 11.3% to 28.7% for no LTPA, and 31.4% to 42.9% for short sleep. (cdc.gov)
  • Results show inverse associations in women only. (lu.se)
  • Eight women aged 20-22 with regular menstrual cycles were scheduled for examination on 3rd, 8th, 14th and 25th day of their menstrual cycle. (aaem.pl)
  • Ninety-five percent of the women correctly said that "ovulation" refers to the release of an egg from the ovary, but 25 percent did not know that so-called "normal" menstrual cycles can take between 25 and 35 days, and 40 percent were unable to identify when ovulation typically occurs within that cycle. (huffpost.com)
  • Many women in the survey did not know, for example, that factors like obesity and irregular menstrual cycles may have consequences for fertility. (huffpost.com)
  • Multiple emerging risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women must be recognized and assessed to provide timely diagnosis and treatment, according to Dipti N. Itchhaporia, MD, an interventional cardiologist in southern California. (medscape.com)
  • Obesity is a chronic, recurring complex disorder characterized by excess body weight. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Overweight indicates excess body weight for a given height from fat, muscle, bone, water or a combination of these factors, whereas obesity is defined as having excess body fat. (who.int)
  • The diet-induced obesity model (DIO model) is an animal model used to study obesity using animals that have obesity caused by being fed high-fat or high-density diets. (wikipedia.org)
  • In active female rats, diet-induced hyperphagia was attenuated, but not abolished, and caloric intake of the chow plus milk diet remained greater than that observed during chow feeding. (news-medical.net)
  • Were that the case, almost every American woman would have anorexia as opposed to the .5 to 2 percent of people who develop the disorder. (inquirer.com)
  • This Review provides an up-to-date overview of the classification of chronic migraine, basic mechanisms and risk factors of migraine chronification, and the currently established treatment options. (nature.com)
  • If we see this from a life span perspective, we can see that obesity increases with age, and that this trend is greater for women than men. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Obesity increases the risk of having high blood pressure by a factor of three. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Roughly half believed erroneously that having sex more than once a day increases the chances of getting pregnant. (huffpost.com)
  • The greatest increases were seen in both white and black females. (umc.edu)
  • The recognition of the role of elevated body mass index (BMI) in these changes has made obesity a high priority for health authorities around the world (6). (cdc.gov)
  • For example, alterations in certain brain networks suggest that compared to men, women with a high body mass index (BMI) may be more keenly aware of and drawn to highly processed foods, with an increased risk of developing cravings and food addiction. (newswise.com)
  • Obesity is said to be android when fat accumulates in the upper part of the body and the abdomen. (gurze.com)
  • The Body Mass Index is an indicator for diagnosing obesity. (gurze.com)
  • The presence of overweight in men (BMI 25, 84 kg/m 2 ) and even normal body weight in women (BMI 21,62 kg/m 2 ) corresponds to an increased volume of visceral tissue in the abdomen. (hindawi.com)
  • The body mass index (BMI) is used to define overweight and obesity. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Thus, based on BMI alone, some people may be diagnosed with obesity when their percentage of body fat is very low. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Obesity was measured by the body mass index (BMI = weight [ kg ] / height [ m2 ]), by sex and by age. (bvsalud.org)