Cognitive decline is a major public health challenge that can lead to mild cognitive impairment or dementia worldwide [1]. Dementia has become one of the leading causes of death among older people globally, not only imposing a heavy burden on families and society in terms of long-term care,...
also called the index of central obesity) has been suggested as a potentially useful index to determine abdominal fat deposition.3,15–17 Recently, Ashwell's10 report in a robust meta-analysis, including data on more than 300 000 individuals from diverse populations across the world, confirms pre...
Health consequences of obesity in the elderly: a review of four unresolved questions. Int J Obes. 2005;29:1011–29. Article CAS Google Scholar World Health Organization. Waist circumference and waist-hip ratio: report of a WHO expert consultation. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011. Ahn ...
The increasing prevalence of osteoporosis and obesity has created a significant health problem worldwide. The proportion of elderly people in Korea was 7.4% in 2000 and is expected to reach 15.1% in 2020. The public health burden of osteoporotic fractures is expected to rise as the aging populat...
In adults, overweight is associated with reduced lung function, in children evidence on this association is conflicting. We examined the association of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) at age 12, and of persistently (at ages 8 and 12&nb
Introduction Abundant research efforts have been focused on identifying which specific aspects of obesity are important predictors for the eventual development of cardio-metabolic disease. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has indicated that the number of adults with diabetes in the world will ...
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Absolute risks and risk differences are preferable measures of risk in a public health context but these are rarely presented. There is a great lack of studies in ethnic groups (groups of African and Asian descent particularly). Current cut-points as recommended by the World Health Organization ...
Waist circumference and abdominal sagittal diameter: best simple anthropometric indexes of abdominal visceral adipose tissue accumulation and related cardiovascular risk in men and women. Am J Cardiol. 1994;73460- 468Google ScholarCrossref 27. World Health Organization, Obesity: Preventing and Managing ...
A map of the Nile's route as far as Khartoum. A map of the entire known world, from the British Isles to Ceylon, and from the Caspian Sea to Ethiopia. Eratosthenes' Experiment On the measurement of the Earth Before we begin a few definitions: ...