conclusions elevation of liver enzymes appears in 29 % obese children in a tertiary care centre. absolute alanine aminotransferase levels are significantly higher in obese than in overweight children. even obese children with normal liver enzymes show signs of fatty liver disease as demonstrated by liver enzymes at the upper limit of normal. results elevated alanine aminotransferase was observe...

CONTEXT The prevalence of obesity and overweight increased in the United States between 1978 and 1991. More recent reports have suggested continued increases but are based on self-reported data. OBJECTIVE To examine trends and prevalences of overweight (body mass index [BMI] > or = 25) and obesity (BMI > or = 30), using measured height and weight data. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Surv...

Overweight and obesity influences left ventricular structure and function. WHO Western Pacific Region in 2000 recommended lower cutoff for overweight (Body Mass Index-BMI > or = 23.0) and obesity (Body Mass Index-BMI > or = 25.0) in Asians. However, studies considering the new recommendations of body mass index (BMI) are lacking. The present study investigated the impact of different grades of ...

BACKGROUND We aimed to determine the association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and diabetes risk among body size phenotypes which was based on cross-classification of body mass index (BMI) categories (normal or overweight/obesity) and metabolic status (metabolically health or metabolically at-risk). METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using a cohort of 10,761 ap...

OBJECTIVE We examined metabolic profiles and cardiovascular-renal outcomes in a prospective cohort of Chinese patients with young-onset diabetes defined by diagnosis age <40 years. Patients with type 1 diabetes and normal-weight (BMI <23 kg/m(2)) and overweight (BMI ≥23 kg/m(2)) patients with type 2 diabetes were compared. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Between 1995 and 2004, 2,323 patients (type ...

UNLABELLED Aims/Introduction:  To examine the association between baseline retinal vessel caliber change and prevalence, and 5-year incidence of obesity in the adult Japanese population of the Funagata study. MATERIALS AND METHODS   Of 900 individuals (age ≥ 35 years) who underwent systemic and retinal examinations in the Funagata study during 2000-2002, 584 (64.8%) were not obese as defined ...

OBJECTIVE Health beliefs of overweight adults who did and did not enter an exercise program were compared to identify possible factors that hamper people to enter such a program. METHOD Participants (n = 116, 78 women and 38 men) were overweight adults without comorbidities. Self-report instruments examined the burden of suffering, beliefs related to physical exercise and obesity, somatic com...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to examine weight misperception among overweight adolescents in recent years and compare the demographic characteristics and weight-related behaviors of overweight adolescents who accurately and inaccurately perceive their weight status. METHODS We used data from the nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, collected every 2 years...

BACKGROUND Africa is facing a nutritional transition where underweight and overweight coexist. Although the majority of programs for orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) focus on undernourishment, the association between OVC primary caregiving and the caregivers' overweight status remains unclear. We investigated the association between OVC primary caregiving status with women's overweight stat...