During the past two decades, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children has increased worldwide. Excess fat in childhood is a risk factor for later adult disease and is associated with impaired health during childhood itself, including increased risk of hypertension, insulin resistance, fat...
(DXA), that correspond to BMI 18.5 kg/m(2) (threshold for underweight), 25.0 kg/m(2) (overweight) and 30.0 kg/m(2) (obesity) and compare the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity in the adult white Australian population using these BMI thresholds and equivalent ...
While USD encompasses diverse pathologies, the increasing prevalence of USD and the association between USD and oral antibiotic use, suggest that common, dysbiosis-driven factors underlie the diverse pathologies of USD at some level. The objective of the current study was to take a multi-specimen, ...
Current guidelines recommend a 5–10% weight loss over 6 months in overweight women with PCOS as it improves clinical outcomes10. Nevertheless, energy-restricted dietary interventions have notoriously low long-term compliance. Moreover, weight management is difficult, with attrition a common problem, ...
The purpose of this investigation was to explore an alternative field test to estimate maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) using a one-mile walk test. VO2max was determined in 343 healthy adult (males = 165, females = 178) subjects 30 to 69 yr using a treadmill protocol (mean +/- SD:...
Being overweight to become the leading cause of death April 2009 - Care Quality Commission founded The Care Quality Commission was launched to act as a regulator for health, mental health and adult social care. Inspections are now carried out at hospitals, care homes and other health providers ...
We found inconsistent evidence for MED and cancer, BMI, waist circumference, and weight loss in adults; for KIDMED and BMI, waist circumference and overweight or obesity in children; and for HEI and colorectal cancer. Six NCD dietary metrics (AHEI, DASH, DQI-I, WHO-HDI, HEI, RFS) had ...
These attributes were encompassed across the literaturee.g.,11,40 and include the majority of the adult population, therefore we broke this down into four defi- nitions where more specific attributes could be applied (see Fig. 2). Firstly, the public health preconception per- spective includes...
2010). In addition, a consistent inverse correlation between testosterone levels and markers of adiposity in overweight adult males has been detected (Bann et al. 2015; Blouin et al. 2005; Gagnon et al. 2018; Gates et al. 2013; He et al. 2018). However, the data are less uniform in ...
During the past two decades, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children has increased worldwide. Excess fat in childhood is a risk factor for later adult disease and is associated with impaired health during childhood itself, including increased risk of hypertension, insulin resistance, ...