BACKGROUND Socio-economic differences in the prevalence of overweight/obesity may be one factor through which health inequalities arise and may vary by the population studied. METHODS Analysing a cohort of 13 889 children born in Belarus between June 1996 and December 1997, the authors investigated associations of parental educational attainment and highest household occupation with: (i) meas...

OBJECTIVE The precise mechanisms behind the development of hypertension in overweight or obese children are not yet completely understood. Alterations in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity may play a role. We aimed to investigate the association between cortisol parameters and hypertension in overweight or obese children. METHODS Random urine (n=180) and early-morning saliva samples...

BACKGROUND The stabilization in levels of childhood overweight has masked increasing gaps among different ethnic and socioeconomic groups in several countries. OBJECTIVE To examine if levels and trends in childhood overweight and obesity differed by ethnicity and socioeconomic areas in Copenhagen schoolchildren. METHODS From measured heights and weights of 32,951 children 5-8 and 14-16 year...

OBJECTIVE To discuss critically the contribution of using second-level residuals from multilevel analyses to further the understanding of how place relates to health and to visualize areas, in the province of Quebec (Canada), with above- and below-average levels of overweight. METHODS Data on 20,449 individuals are from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS Cycle 2.1) and were linked to ...

INTRODUCTION Epidemiological evidence suggests that overweight and obesity have been associated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, data on this issue are controversial. This study aims to use meta-analysis to determine whether overweight and obesity are related to AMI. MATERIAL AND METHODS We searched PubMed and Embase databases up to October 23(rd), 2013 for related literature....

BACKGROUND Prevalence of overweight and obesity is rising. Hence, it is likely that a higher proportion of women undergoing assisted reproduction treatment are overweight or obese. METHODS In a retrospective cross-sectional analysis using routinely collected data of an IVF Unit and maternity hospital in a tertiary care setting in the UK, direct costs were assessed for all weight classes. Cost...

Since the advent of HAART, studies have been conflicting regarding weight information among HIV patients. We performed a retrospective study among male HIV patients between June 2004 and June 2005 at two large Navy HIV clinics to describe the prevalence and factors associated with being overweight/obese. Rates of obesity/overweight among HIV positive patients were also compared to data from HIV...

obesity is an epidemic nutritional disease caused mainly by excessive dietary intake and/or insufficient exercise. the purpose of this study was to investigate associations between a number of demographic characteristics and eating habits with prevalence of overweight and obesity in hospital employees. the study was cross-sectional performed on employees of namazi hospital in shiraz, iran. subj...