OBJECTIVE To examine to what extent the obesity epidemic is a general phenomenon in adults by assessing the secular change, by birth cohort and age, in the prevalence of obesity and median body mass index (BMI) in Danish men and women measured between 1964 and 1994. DESIGN Multiple cross-sectional population surveys. SETTING The greater Copenhagen area of Denmark. SUBJECTS The study inclu...

conclusions waist circumference, whr and whtr were positively associated with homocysteine concentration in migraine patients. however, further studies particularly of prospective nature are required to confirm our findings. results in this study, 7.7% of men and 18.8% of women had hyperhomocysteinemia. abdominal obesity was prevalent in 3.8% of men and 27.1% of women. in the entire population,...

CONTEXT Between 1980 and 1999, the prevalence of adult obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥30) increased in the United States and the distribution of BMI changed. More recent data suggested a slowing or leveling off of these trends. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of adult obesity from the 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and compare adult obesity and the d...

BACKGROUND Abdominal obesity increases all-cause mortality and is a risk factor for a number of diseases. There are few population-based studies of the longitudinal changes of abdominal obesity. METHODS Based on data from the Tromsø Study, we studied gender- and age-specific mean waist circumference and prevalence of abdominal overweight and abdominal obesity in two surveys in 1994-1995 (Trom...

BACKGROUND/AIM The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing at an alarming rate and it is a manifestation of the epidemics of a sedentary lifestyle and excessive energy intake. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the population of the Province of Vojvodina, Serbia, and to examine the association between obesity and socioeconomic and lifes...

BACKGROUND Considering the increasing trend of obesity reported in current data, this study was conducted to examine trends of obesity and abdominal obesity among Tehranian adults during a median follow-up of 6.6 years. METHODS Height and weight of 4,402 adults, aged 20 years and over, participants of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS), were measured in 1999-2001(phase I) and again in ...

OBJECTIVE To provide overall and central obesity incidence estimates by gender, age and educational level in an urban Portuguese population. METHODS As part of the EPIPorto study, 1,621 Porto, Portugal adult residents were evaluated in 1999-2003 and 2005-2008. Overall obesity was defined by a BMI > or = 30.0 kg/m(2) and central obesity by a WC >88.0 cm in women and >102.0 cm in men. Relative ...

abstract: introduction: overweight and obesity are major health problems affecting communities worldwide and the prevalence is rapidly rising. although the prevalence of obesity in iran has been reported, there are no data available on the prevalence of these factors in individuals aged over 50 years, individuals who are naturally more prone to cardiovascular diseases and death. this study aims...

Determining the leptin level in patients with abdominal obesity without signs of insulin resistance is necessary for stratifying into groups normal (metabolically neutral obesity) and increased adipokine activity. Objective — To compare prevalence metabolic disorders cardiovascular remodeling young middle-aged men "metabolically healthy" neutral" obesity. Material methods observational sample s...