The primary difference between being overweight and obese lies in the degree of excess body weight and the impact on health. Overweight is defined by having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9, indicating a weight more than what is considered healthy but less severe than obesity. Obesity...
Multiple logistic regression showed that, compared to the rural residents, those in prefecture and metropolitan areas were less likely to be overweight and obese (OR = 0.80 [95% CI: 0.68-0.94] and OR = 0.68 [95% CI: 0.57-0.80], respectively). The prevalence of overweight/obesity was ...
Difference between Obese and Overweight In today’s hectic life where less or no time is devoted to any physical activity, stage of obese and overweight is seen commonly. The large amount of fat that exists in the body is the precise way to define the word obese. In all these years, the...
The new indication applies to people who are overweight or obese and have a specific type of sleep apnea known as obstructive sleep apnea, which is a physical condition in which the muscles of the throat relax and block air passages. Alice Park, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024 Nearly half, or 46%,...
The aim of the present study was to analyse the differences between the breakfast habits of obese/overweight (O) (those with body mass index [BMI] above the 75th percentile) and normal weight schoolchildren (N) (those with BMI equal to or below the 75th percentile). A seven consecutive da...
Additionally, no significant difference between overweight and non-overweight children was seen for the number of consultations for further specified musculoskeletal disorders. Conclusion: No association was seen between childhood weight status and the frequency and type of musculoskeletal consultations at the...
The sex-related differences in M persisted after controlling for insulin concentrations during the glucose clamp, for waist, WHR, and VAT:SAT. Older men are more insulin resistant than women, despite lower body fat and subcutaneous abdominal fat. This difference in insulin sensitivity is not ...
And an age breakdown revealed that amiddle-agedparticipant who was either overweight or obese had a white matter volume comparable in size to that of a middle-aged lean participant a decade older. The study authors stressed that the 10-year white matter difference was only seen among those...
Mean-difference plot was used to evaluate changes in the distribution of body mass index across sex and age categories.ResultsAlmost half of Italian men and about 1 of 3 Italian women are overweight or obese. Between 2001 and 2008 the age-standardized prevalence of overweight (obesity) increased...
overweight and normal weight,and the significant difference of prevalence of dyslipidemia was also found between boys and girls.③ The logistic regression analysis showed that after age was adjusted,the relative risk(OR) for dyslipidemia was 1.51,and their 95% confidence interval(CI) was from 1.11...