In experimental studies, several parameters, such as body weight, body mass index, adiposity index, and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, have commonly been used to demonstrate increased adiposity and investigate the mechanisms underlying obesity and sedentary lifestyles. However, these investigations have not classified the degree of adiposity nor defined adiposity categories for rats, such as...

Excess fat in the abdomen can be classified generally as visceral and subcutaneous adiposity. Evidence suggests that visceral adiposity has greater implications for diabetes than other fat depots. The purpose of this study is to explore the disparities in the distribution of abdominal adiposity in diabetic/prediabetic and nondiabetic populations and to identify moderators that influence the pat...

OBJECTIVE In light of the obesity epidemic, we aimed to characterize novel childhood adiposity trajectories from birth to age 14 years and to determine their relation to adolescent insulin resistance. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 1,197 Australian children with cardiovascular/metabolic profiling at age 14 years were studied serially from birth to age 14 years. Semiparametric mixture ...

PURPOSE This meta-analysis was conducted to determine the potential association between adiposity and glaucoma incidence. MATERIALS AND METHODS A comprehensive literature search was performed in PubMed and ISI Web of Science. A meta-analysis was conducted using STATA software. RESULTS Fifteen eligible studies involving 2,445,980 individuals were included to investigate the association betwe...

Abstract Background Obesity is widely recognised as a strong risk factor for atrial fibrillation and recent interest has focused on epicardial fat. Although body mass index commonly used in the clinical practice, it doesn't precisely estimate adiposity. The Clínica Universidad de Navarra-Body Adiposity Estimator (CUN-BAE) an equation developed fat calculation, that been previously associated wi...

We were very interested in the recent study by Kowalkowska et al. who analysed the relationship between assessments of general adiposity and assessments of abdominal high adiposity, and how it varies according to place of residence and individual and socio-economic factors. Their study is indeed very relevant because there is cumulative evidence that the prevalence of abdominal adiposity seems ...

Our aim was to verify the tracking of body adiposity indicators from childhood to adolescence and analyze the mediation effects of BMI on the stability of body adiposity. Our sample was composed by 375 children (197 boys). The children were followed-up over 3 years. Body mass and stature were measured as anthropometric indicators. Body adiposity was estimated through the subcutaneous skinfold m...

INTRODUCTION Body Mass Index (BMI) is one of the most used parameters in bariatric surgery. However, it does not discriminate the weight associated with adiposity. CUN-BAE formula is an equation that calculates Body Fat Percentage or adiposity, based on easily available values (age, sex and BMI). With this new classification many of the subjects that was considered normal weight or overweight (...

High amounts of time spent sedentary and low levels of physical activity have been implicated in the process of excessive adiposity gains in youth. The aim of this review is to discuss the role of physical activity, sedentary time and behaviour (i.e. television (TV)-viewing) in relation to adiposity during the first two decades of life with a specific focus on whether the association between se...