Abdominal obesity, dynapenia and dynapenic-abdominal obesity as factors associated with falls

[Factors associated with abdominal obesity in children].

OBJECTIVE To identify the association of dietary, socioeconomic factors, sedentary behaviors and maternal nutritional status with abdominal obesity in children. METHODS A cross-sectional study with household-based survey, in 36 randomly selected census tracts in the city of Santos/SP. 357 families were interviewed and questionnaires and anthropometric measurements were applied in mothers and ...

Obesity-Associated Abdominal Elephantiasis

Abdominal elephantiasis is a rare entity. Abdominal elephantiasis is an uncommon, but deformative and progressive cutaneous disease caused by chronic lymphedema and recurrent streptococcal or Staphylococcus infections of the abdominal wall. We present 3 cases of patients with morbid obesity who presented to our hospital with abdominal wall swelling, thickening, erythema, and pain. The abdominal...

Hypertriglyceridemia Associated With Abdominal Obesity: Getting Contributing Factors Into Perspective.

Risk factors associated with the metabolic syndrome in abdominal obesity.

Obesity is associated with the metabolic syndrome. However, not all obese individuals have cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF). It is not clear how many abdominally obese individuals are free of CVRF and what distinguishes them from the group of obese individuals with CVRF. In this study, we aimed to assess the associated factors and prevalence of abdominal obesity without CVRF. In our cross-sec...

[Factors associated with abdominal obesity among childbearing-age women].

OBJECTIVE To investigate variables potentially associated with abdominal obesity among childbearing-age women. METHODS A total of 781 women were studied based on data from the Nutrition and Health Survey conducted in 1996 in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Abdominal obesity was defined as waist girth (WG) > 80 cm or waist:hips girth ratio (WHR) > 0.85. Statistical analysis involve...