Background: Children and adolescents with at-risk genotypes (AA/AT) of the rs9939609 polymorphism in FTO, a fat mass and obesity-associated gene, may exhibit different cardiometabolic profile responses than subjects with the TT genotype after an interdisciplinary intervention. Methods: The sample consisted of 36 school children from southern Brazil. We used DNA quantitation and real-time poly...

The relation between body fat distribution, as measured by the waist-to-hip circumference ratio, and the 2-year incidences of hypertension and stroke were examined in a cohort of 41,837 women aged 55-69 years. Women who developed hypertension were 2.1 (95% confidence interval 1.7-2.6) times more likely to be in the upper tertile of waist-to-hip ratio than those who did not. Adjustment for age, ...

Background: Obesity has been found to be associated with low grade inflammation characterized by increased levels of inflammatory cytokines. Various anthropometric measurements have shown complications obesity. Determining the most exact index overweight and obesity that best correlates markers will helpful for early prevention related disorders. Aim: To determine correlation between (hs-CRP TN...

BACKGROUND the aging population has been accompanied by epidemiological changes of the Brazilian population, with the highlight being the continued growth of the prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases especially cardiovascular or artery-coronary, resulting from changes in the lipid profile of the elderly. OBJECTIVE this study had the aim to describe the behavioral, anthropometric, li...

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 eff ect 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 ha...

BACKGROUND Distribution of body fat is more important than the amount of fat as a prognostic factor for life expectancy. Despite that, body mass index (BMI) still holds its status as the most used indicator of obesity in clinical work. METHODS We assessed the association of five different anthropometric measures with mortality in general and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in particula...

BACKGROUND Body mass index (BMI), derived by dividing weight (Kg) by the square of height (m), is a useful anthropometric parameter, with multiple applications. It is dependent upon accurate measurement of its component parameters. Where measurement of height and weight with calibrated instruments is not possible, other objective parameters are required to maintain accuracy. OBJECTIVES We aim...

Background: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio, and lipid parameters and serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in healthy euthyroid individuals.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between June 1st and July 20th, 2013, at Bushehr University of Medical Sciences. One hundred forty euthyr...

background: obesity and increase of waist to hip ratio (android obesity) is effect in cardiovascular disease and type2 diabetes. increase of fatty tissue special visceral fatty tissue depended to cardiovascular disease, glucose intolerance, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and important in diabetes and metabolic syndrome. in most case with insulin resistance and diabetes accompanied by obesity. met...