Optimal cut-off values for obesity: using simple anthropometric indices to predict cardiovascular risk factors in Taiwan. The increased health risks associated with obesity have been found to occur in Asians at lower body mass indices (BMIs). To determine the optimal cut-off v... WY Lin,LT ...
Waist circumference may be a better indicator for the prediction of obesity-related cardiovascular risk factors in men and women compared to BMI. Further investigation using a bigger sample size in Asia needs to be done to confirm our findings.Zaki...
How to define obesity? Evidence-based multiple action points for public awareness, screening, and treatment: an extension of Asian-Pacific recommendations. 来自 NCBI 喜欢 0 阅读量: 35 作者:WH Pan,WT Yeh 摘要: 近的文獻顯示,當控制在固定的身體質指(BMI)時,亞洲人的代謝徵候群風險比白種人高,因此...
BMI and waist circumference cutoffs for obesity are justified for Māori (indigenous New Zealanders).Subjects included a convenience sample of 1539 men and women aged 17-82 y (47% Māori, 53% white) with measures of BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting insulin, glucose, and ...
Obesity is defined as an abnormal/excessive accumulation of body fat, associated with health consequences. Although overall obesity does confer a significant threat to the health of individuals, the distribution of body fat, especially abdominal/central
2. obesity n. 肥胖 3. occurrence n. 发生,出现 4. occurrence n. 发生的事情;出现 5. on record 有记录的 6. otherwise adv. 否则 7. outbreak v. 爆发 8. output n. 产量 9. overblown adj. 停息的;过分的 10. overweight adj. 超重的 ...
Of even greater5is the fact that obesity turns out to be very difficult to define. It is often6body mass index, or BMI. BMI7bodymass divided by the square of height. An adult with a BMI of 18 to 25 is often considered to be normal weight. Between 25 to 30 is overweight. And ove...
In the last decade, increasing evidence has shown that changes in human gut microbiota are associated with diseases, such as obesity. The excreted/secreted proteins (secretome) of the gut microbiota affect the microbial composition, altering its coloniza
C.The two studies are based on and in agreement with previous studies.D.The second one recommends overweight and obese adults work out and lose weight.66.What does the passage mainly tell us?A.The negative effects of obesity on health are greatest for young people....
N. Finer Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility and Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB1 2QQ, UK I. C. Packianathan . N. Finer Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology and Centre for Obesity Research, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey ...