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...

Aim. We assessed obesity, sex, menopause, and gender differences on hypertension in a Hakka-majority Taiwanese sample. Methods. 9621 subjects aged 20 and over participated in this community-based study. Trained nurses collected blood pressure (BP) measurements and anthropometric indices, including weight, height, hip circumference (HC), waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), waist to ...

Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity were associated with high rates of morbidity mortality. The aim this study was to investigate relationship between markers inflammation, disease severity, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, outcomes in patients without obesity. Materials Methods: Epidemiological, clinical, laboratory data collected from University Ho...

Although solid-fuel use or smoking is associated with obesity measured by body mass index (BMI), research on their interactive effects general and central limited. Data of 20,140 individuals in the Henan Rural Cohort Study was examined independent combined associations prevalent obesity, which BMI, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height (WHtR), fat percentage (BFP),...

Purpose: Obesity is a multi-factorial health problem which results from the interaction of environmental and genetic factors. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of dried licorice extract with a calorie restricted diet on anthropometric indices and insulin resistance with nutrigenetic approach. Methods: For this pilot, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical t...

Fat distribution is strongly associated with insulin resistance, a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. However, associations of different adipose tissue depots or/and obesity indices with insulin resistance have not been systematically evaluated. In this study we examined associations of different adipose tissue depots/obesity indices with insulin resistance, as measure...

BACKGROUND Overweight and obesity increase the risk of elevated blood pressure; most of the studies that serve as a background for the debates on the optimal obesity index cut-off values used cross-sectional samples. The aim of this study was to determine the cut-off values of anthropometric markers for detecting hypertension in Chinese adults with data from prospective cohort. METHODS This s...

Obesity is considered as the most important risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). It has been estimated that 60-90% of all patients with OSAS are obese (1) and that weight reduction is a very effective modality in these patients. The role of the adherence to Mediterranean diet (MD) in the primary prevention of obesity has been reported (2). The greater adherence to the MD cou...

Background: There is a mutual relationship between sleep duration and obesity. We studied the relationship between sleep duration with obesity and dietary Intake. Methods: This crosssectional study was conducted on 444 male students in Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science. Dietary intake was analyzed by food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Anthropometric indices were analyzed. Partici...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of diet quality indices in predicting obesity and abdominal obesity in a population in nutrition transition. METHODS This study explored the association of the Mediterranean Diet Scale (MDS), Healthy Eating Index-2005 (HEI-2005), and Diet Quality Index-International (DQI-I) with body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) ...