original article   change in the form of doing the task in some occupations such as farming has led to overweight and obesity as a threatening factor for farmer's health. this study aimed to compare the anthropometric indices of obesity and fatness as the predictors of cardiometabolic disorders among rural farmers in the northern part of iran. this cross-sectional study was carried out in 2012 ...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause death globally and one most frequent causes disability. Therefore, complete correct evaluation cardiovascular risk factors essential to timely prevent CVD. Once central obesity related with amount visceral adipose tissue - an independent predictor CVD its assessment may ...

BACKGROUND Highly Active Antiretroviral therapy (HAART) promotes anthropometric changes in lipid metabolism and glucose in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Functional foods play an important role on metabolism. Bioactive Food Compound (BFC) has shown effective results in changes arising from decompensated lipid metabolism due to the effects of HAART on HIV patients. From this p...

Abstract Objectives To determine the correlation between anthropometric indices and selected hemodynamic parameters among secondary adolescents aged 12–17 years. Results Our findings showed weak positive generally body surface area, neck circumference conicity index with (systolic blood pressure, diastolic resting pulse rate, mean arterial rate pressure product pressure). However, ponderosity i...

(1) Background: Abdominal obesity describes the accumulation of visceral fat. Monitoring abdominal in children aids prognosis atherogenic risk and prediction emergence different comorbidities, many which persist into throughout adulthood. For this reason, it is great diagnostic value to sustainability health populations. The aim study was evaluate overweight schoolchildren from Portoviejo (Ecua...

OBJECTIVE To predict insulin resistance in children based on anthropometric and metabolic indicators by analyzing the sensitivity and specificity of different cutoff points. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out of 109 children aged 7 to 11 years, 55 of whom were obese, 23 overweight and 31 well-nourished, classified by body mass index (BMI) for age. Measurements were taken to deter...