Obesity is a problem often associated with North America. However, China is providing that East Asians are having issues battling the problem as well. In fact, it is estimated that there are over 40 million obese people in China. To address weight problems of its students, Nanjing Agricultural...
(s.d. 5.2) kg m−2 in South Asia to 28.2 (s.d. 5.7)kg m−2 in Latin America, with the proportion who were obese (BMI ⩾ 30%) International Journal of Obesity (2015) 1217 – 1223 © 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited ranging from 7.1% in China to 30.9% in Latin America. ...
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The rising prevalence of obesity in military personnel has raised great concerns. Previous studies suggest that body mass index (BMI)- and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)-based obesity classifications in US military personnel and firefighters have high false negative and subsequently cause obesity misclassifi...
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However, a long prospective study in China has yet to uncover the association between cardiovascular incidence and the combined effect of BMI and central obesity. This study aimed to examine the association of BMI and central obesity combination with cardiovascular incidence in a 7-year prospective ...
China is a large developing country, and the rapid economy development has led to changes in lifestyle, such as in dietary habits and physical activity; for example, meat consumption has increased drastically, vegetable and fruit intake has decreased slightly, and levels of physical activity have ...
Herein, we used clodronate-loaded liposomes (CL) to locally deplete macrophages in the synovial joints to examine the role of macrophages in the progression of obesity-induced OA. Furthermore, resolvin D1 (RvD1), a unique family of pro-resolving lipid mediator derived from the omega-3 ...
more since 1980 in some areas of North America,the United Kingdom,Eastern Europe,the Middle East,the Pacific Islands,Australasia and China. The obesity epidemic is not restricted to industrialized societies;this increase is often faster in developing countries than in the developed world.(Figure 1...
Over the past two decades, China has encountered a great economic development. As a result, the prevalence of overweight or obesity has significantly increased [11]. From 1992 to 1998, Shanghai (the largest city in China) had a rapid increase in overweight rates (men: 77%; women: 39%) ...