Greater attained height and greater body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) in young adulthood have been associated with glioma risk, but few studies have investigated the association with body size at birth or during childhood, when the brain undergoes rapid cell growth and differentiation. The Copenhagen School Health Records Register includes data on 320,425 Danish schoolchildren bo...

Obesity/Overweight is a recognized risk factor for most of the disorders and risk stratification is based on Quetelets index, a surrogate measure of fatness. Currently used body mass index (BMI) cut-offs to classify people as overweight/obese does not accurately represent the BMI cut-offs in Nepalese population, due to differences in body structure and composition. This study was conducted to d...

Adult gains in body weight, excess adiposity, and intra-abdominal fat have each been associated with risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), forming the basis for preventive medicine guidelines and actuarial predictions using practical indices of weight (e.g., body mass index [BMI]) and waist circumference (WC). As obesity-related disease spreads beyond affluent western countries, application...

treatment of central precocious puberty (cpp) is the administration of gnrh analogs. metabolic syndrome comprised metabolic disturbances that confer increased risk of (cvd) diabetes mellitus (dm) and cardiovascular disease. this study is a longitudinal prospective study in pediatric endocrinology clinic. 30 non-obese children with idiopathic cpp were involved. total body weight, height, blood p...

BACKGROUND Large-scale epidemiological studies commonly use self-reported weights and heights to determine weight status. Validity of such self-reported data has been assessed primarily in Western populations in developed countries, although its use is widespread in developing countries. We examine the validity of obesity based on self-reported data in an Asian developing country, and derive im...

Background: Overweight and obesity can be assessed through anthropometric measurements using the body mass index (BMI). Some studies suggest that neck fat is positively correlated with visceral fat, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome. Neck circumference has been shown to closely BMI used as a practical screening tool for identifying overweight or obese individuals in both men women. However...

OBJECTIVE Weight gain is common for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) receiving antipsychotic drug therapy. Contingency management (CM) is a behavioral intervention that rewards positive performance and has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing drug use in SMI populations. This study evaluated the feasibility of using CM to promote weight loss in individuals with SMI over 8 weeks. ...

Several related demographic trends are occurring in developing countries: youth comprise a large portion of populations, fertility rates are declining, and urban dwellers are increasing. As fertility rates decline and populations age, the decline in the ratio of young dependents to working age adults is expected to free up household resources, which can be invested in human capital, including y...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between (self-reported) maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (pBMI), and child's weight, height and BMI at age 14 months. DESIGN Prospective multi-ethnic community-based cohort study. SETTING Amsterdam, The Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 8266 pregnant women from the Amsterdam Born Children and their Development study, filled out a questionnaire coveri...