background obese children are at the risk of micronutrient deficiency especially iron deficiency. given the importance of iron deficiency in this age group and considering the existing discrepancies, present study was performed with the aim of evaluating iron deficiency in obese children. material and method this study was conducted, in the form of a case-control study, on 100 children aged bet...

OBJECTIVE Quitting smoking was associated with an undesirable weight gain. Both, cigarette smoking and obesity were accompanied by subclinical systemic inflammation. This may cause unfavourable changes in (plasma) adipokine concentration. The aim of the present study was to establish the influence of moderate cigarette smoking on the concentration of the adipokines leptin and adiponectin and th...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the indicators of weight status body mass index and waist-to-height ratio are similar to body fat percentage to identify obese children and adolescents with unfavorable lipid profile. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study involving 840 children and adolescents (6-18 years). The same individuals were classified as non-obese (<P95) or obese (≥P95) according to bod...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the total daily energy expenditure and physical activity pattern of a group of obese and non-obese Hong Kong children. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTINGS University teaching hospital, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS Eighteen obese children aged 6 to 17 years and 18 age- and sex-matched non-obese children in the local Hong Kong community. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Total...

Eighty-one adult Nigerians with essential hypertension were randomly allocated to receive doxazosin, hydrochlorothiazide/amloride, or amlodipine. In each group, the patients were further classified as obese and non-obese, and total cholesterol as well as high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol was determined before and after the 3-month treatment period. The total cholesterol level was signi...

Results: Mean age of the children in the obese group (n= 27) was 8.1 ± 2.6 while that in the non-obese group (n= 71) was 8.6 ± 2.9 (p= 0.41). Asthma symptom score in obese and non-obese groups were not significantly different (p= 0.73). Children in the obese group had lower ACQ scores when compared to the non-obese group (1.2 ± 0.9 vs 1.7 ± 1.0, p= 0.04) however this significance was lost when ...

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of pulmonary embolism in obese patients according to age, gender and comorbid conditions and explore the relation of obesity to mortality. METHODS The number of patients discharged from short-stay hospitals throughout the United States from 1998-2008 with pulmonary embolism who were obese or not obese, and in-hospital all-cause mortality were determined fro...

Abstract Objective: Obesity and physical activity are two major factors affecting aerobic performance in older adults. The underlying mechanisms of the causes still unknown. Oxidative capacity, muscles’ maximal capacity to utilize oxygen, is a part performance. Muscle oxygen level (SmO2), measure oxidative reflects balance between delivery demand. When surpasses demand, SmO2 increases, which in...