Obesity is socioeconomically, geographically and ethnically patterned. Understanding these elements of disadvantage is vital in understanding population obesity trends and the development of effective and equitable interventions. This study examined the relationship between neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and geographic remoteness with prospective trends in mean body mass index (BMI) a...

BACKGROUND Young adulthood (age 18 to 35) is a high-risk period for unhealthy weight gain. Few studies have recruited for prevention of weight gain, particularly in young adults. This paper describes the recruitment protocol used in the Study of Novel Approaches to Prevention (SNAP). METHODS We conducted extensive formative work to inform recruitment methods and message development. We worked...

PURPOSE In August, 2004, the Epilepsy Foundation of America convened a workshop to begin to develop an expert consensus on photosensitive seizures. METHODS Literature and data were reviewed, and consensus was derived from discussion. RESULTS A flash is a potential hazard if it has luminance >or=20 cd/m2, occurs at a frequency of >or=3 Hz, and occupies a solid visual angle of >or=0.006 stera...

OBJECTIVE The present study examined the associations between adult food insecurity (FI) and percentage body fat (%BF) and BMI, stratified by height (HT). DESIGN, SETTING AND SUBJECTS %BF, HT and BMI of 2117 men and 1909 women in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002 were analysed in relation to adult food security status using multiple regression procedures. RESULT...

Anthropometric assessment is a simple, safe, and cost-efficient method to examine the health status of individuals. The Japanese obesity classification based on the sum of two skin folds (Sigma2SF) was proposed nearly 40 years ago, therefore its applicability to Japanese living today is unknown. The current study aimed to determine Sigma2SF cut-off values that correspond to percent body fat (%B...

BACKGROUND/AIM In Switzerland monitoring of obesity in the general population is based on body mass index (BMI) derived from self-reported weight and height. This approach may lead to misclassification of obese subjects and misinterpretation of obesity prevalence and trends. In order to explore this potential bias, we compared studies with measured and self-reported data. METHODS We analysed ...

OBJECTIVE To develop age and sex specific cut offs for BMI to screen for overweight and obesity in Indian children linked to an adult BMI of 23 and 28 kg/m2 respectively, using contemporary Indian data. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Multicentric, School based. PARTICIPANTS 19834 children were measured from 11 affluent schools from five major geographical regions of India. Data were anal...

In the light of the introduction of 3G systems, we present a comprehensive study of the performance of GSM and GPRS. UMTS is already in a few countries deployed, on the other hand it is expected that it will be limited to hot-spot areas, while voice calls will be preferably established with existing networks. At the early 80’s, when GSM was introduced it was considered as an overspecified syste...

The aim of this study was to find out and compare characteristics of cardiac patients who, after hospital treatment, participated in cardiac rehabilitation programmes at the Polyclinic for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation in Zagreb during 1999 and 2009. The results show an increase in mean patients' age (men: 55.5 to 61.53; p = 0.000 and women: 58.95 to 62.66; p = 0.01), an increase...

BACKGROUND Recent obesity studies have reported that the rising trend in obesity has stabilized or leveled off. Our study aimed to update estimates of the recent prevalence trend in obesity based on the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1998-2014. METHODS A total of 66,663 subjects were included and defined as being either underweight, overweight, or obese, in accordance...