PURPOSE Obesity is a common nutritional problem in both developed and developing countries. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweightness and obesity using both bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and body mass index (BMI). METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 288 healthy college students were selected. Socio-economic status questionnaires were completed and sub...

INTRODUCTION Leptin, hormone secreted by the fat tissue, changes the signaling of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens, which directly affects the sensitivity of reward and modulation of abstinence. AIMS To evaluate the level of serum leptin and its relation to nutritional status among alcoholic abstainers and non-abstinent. METHODS Patients of both sexes, over 18 years old and who used alcoho...

BACKGROUND It is unclear which anthropometric measure is most useful for assessment of the cardiovascular risk. We investigated the association between different anthropometric measures and risk of heart failure (HF) hospitalization. METHODS BMI, waist-hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference (WC), body fat percentage (BF%), weight and height were measured among 26,653 subjects (aged 45-73 years)...

Clinical guidelines define obesity in terms of excess body weight adjusted for height (i.e., bodymass index [BMI] categories) and/or gender-specific waist circumference (WC) cut-point values. Since body composition, particularly fat mass, is the most variable among individuals due to differences by gender, age, and race, and total percent body fat (%BF) can be estimated accurately using dual-en...

OBJECTIVE There is current debate regarding whether body weight variability is associated with cardiovascular events. Recently, high body fat percentage (BF%) has been shown to be a cardiovascular risk factor. We therefore hypothesized that BF% variability would present a stronger cardiovascular risk than body weight variability. METHODS A single-center retrospective cohort study of medical c...

Previous researches have demonstrated associations between high obesity indices with increased risk of metabolic and cardiovascular disorders. It has also been established that abnormalities lipoprotein metabolism an important role in atherogenesis non-menopausal females are protected from atherosclerotic events relative to menopausal males. This study aimed investigate the relationship such as...

obesity in known to increase the risk for cardiovascular diseases. serum levels of cellular adhesion molecules are reported to be indices of arthrosclerosis. so each intervention that has benefit effects on them is very important foe general health. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of low and high intensity endurance training programs on icam-, 27 sedentary obese males with...

obesity is known to increase the risk for cardiovascular diseases. serum levels of cellular adhesion molecules are reported to be indices of arthrosclerosis. so each intervention that has benefit effects on them is very important for general health. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of high interval intensity training programs on icam-1. 18 sedentary obese males with mean ±s...

BACKGROUND It has been well documented that obesity is closely associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Although body mass index (BMI) is the most frequently used method to assess overweightness and obesity, this method has been criticized because BMI does not always reflect true body fatness, which may be better evaluated by assessment of body fat and fat-free mass. The objective of this stu...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe the minimum number of anthropometric measures that will optimally predict insulin resistance (IR) and to characterize the utility of these measures among obese and nonobese adolescents. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS SIX ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES (SELECTED FROM THREE CATEGORIES: central adiposity, weight, and body composition) were measured from 1298...