Introduction. The present study aimed to assess the metabolic syndrome among postmenopausal women in Gorgan, Iran. Materials and Methods. The study was conducted on hundred postmenopausal women who were referred to the health centers in Gorgan. Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed using Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) guidelines. Results. The mean body mass index, waist circumference, hip, circ...

INTRODUCTION Currently, surgical treatment is considered to be the most efficient method of dealing with morbid obesity. AIM To evaluate changes in nutritional status after surgical treatment of obesity in the early postoperative period. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 50 patients (30 women and 20 men) treated surgically due to morbid obesity. During the preliminary visit and during...

BACKGROUND Asian Indian immigrants have an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, there is very little data examining how the adipokines leptin and adiponectin relate to CVD risk factors such as body fat percentage (BF%), waist to hip ratio (WHR) and the apoB/apoA1 ratio in Asian Indian men and women living in Canada. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study ...

BACKGROUND Designing an intervention to increase physical activity is important to be based on the health care settings resources and be acceptable by the subject group. This study was designed to assess and compare the effect of the goal setting strategy with a group education method on increasing the physical activity of mothers of children aged 1 to 5. MATERIALS AND METHODS Mothers who had...

Numerous studies confirmed the association of FTO (fat mass and obesity associated gene) common variant, rs9939609, with obesity in European populations. However, studies in Asian populations revealed conflicting results. We examined the association of rs9939609 variant of FTO gene with obesity and obesity-related anthropometric and metabolic parameters in Pakistani population. Body weight, hei...

Obesity is an established risk factor for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Anthropometric measures of overall and central obesity as predictors of NIDDM risk have not been as well studied, especially in women. Among 43,581 women enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study who in 1986 provided waist, hip, and weight information and who were initially free from diabetes and other major c...

Obesity is a controversial risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC) in older women. We evaluated associations between multiple body size parameters and incident CRC in the prospective, population-based Iowa Women's Health Study (IWHS). IWHS participants, ages 55 to 69 years, provided data regarding height; weight; weight at ages 50, 40, 30, 18 years; hip circumference; and waist circumference at...

Purpose. A patient-assessor-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled crossover trial was performed to investigate the effectiveness of laser acupuncture on anthropometric measurements and appetite sensation in obese subjects. Methods. Fifty-two obese subjects were randomly assigned to either the laser acupuncture group or the sham laser acupuncture group. Subjects within each group received the rel...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the relation Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) with Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio among adult girls. METHODOLOGY A descriptive or cross-sectional conducted adolescent girls 18 plus by BS students at Jinnah college for women’s University Peshawar, in collaboration Pakistan Health Research Council (PHRC) Khyber Medical College Peshaw...

BACKGROUND Neck circumference (NC) measurement is one of the simple screening measurements which can be used as an index of upper body fat distribution to identify obesity. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between neck circumferences and obesity. METHODS A total 411 volunteer adults participated in this study (174 men, 237 women). A questionnaire which cons...