The authors examine research involving both physiological and psychological factors that may be strongly related to the development and maintenance of obesity. This examination reveals that attempts to treat obesity often exacerbate the condition. It is suggested that integration of guidelines developed ...
Central obesity is defined as a waist hip ratio (WHR) equal to or greater than 0.95 in men and 0.80 in women. The distribution of fat is independently related to the health risks associated with obesity i.e. coronary heart disease is more common in patients with central obesity.5 Skin-fol...
The comorbidities related to obesity are already extensive, but as the prevalence of obesity increases globally, so do the number of its associated conditions. The relationship between hearing impairment and obesity is a relatively recent research intere
The relationship between self-esteem and obesity has not received a great deal of empirical evaluation using strong research methodologies. Thus, it is not clear whether self-esteem is consistently related to obesity, whether the relationship is global or specific to physical appearance, whether the ...
Obesity and breast cancer: a review of the literature. A woman's build, the risk of breast cancer and its subsequent prognosis seem to be related. In most but not all case鈥揷ontrol and prospective cohort studi... AR Carmichael,T Bates - 《Breast》...
of these fac- tors. The existing literature on physical activity among adolescents mainly focuses on the total level of physical activity, based on the frequencies and duration of physical activities and its intensity.7,8 Studies which investigated the types of common or preferred physical ...
Vaccine hesitancy (VH) is considered a top-10 global health threat. The concept of VH has been described and applied inconsistently. This systematic review aims to clarify VH by analysing how it is operationalized. We searched PubMed, Embase and PsycINFO
Obesity and overweight in children and adolescents is an emerging public health concern alongside under-nutrition in low and middle income countries. Our aim was to conduct a scoping review of literature to ascertain what is known about childhood and adolescent overweight and/or obesity in Bangladesh...
The prevalence of obesity in Spain and Italy, in particular, is high, and there has been recent discussion in the literature about urbanisation and the globalisation of certain lifestyle factors that have had a negative impact on the traditional Mediterranean diet [30]. Aside from dietary ...
ObesityCortisolLeptinGhrelinMetabolic syndromeRecent research strongly supports the hypothesis that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be accompanied by obesity and related metabolic disturbances. The mechanisms of these associations are however still not well defined, although disturbed functions in the ...