Cryolipolysis is a noninvasive technique of localized fat reduction. Controlled cold exposure is performed in the selective destruction of fat cells. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of cryolipolysis on adipocytes elimination through histological and sonographic analyses. This study reports the case of a 46-year-old female patient, with complaint of localized abdominal fat a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of physiologic levels of androgens and their precursors in the regulation of body composition, energy and substrate metabolism and aerobic capacity in healthy, cycling, premenopausal women. EXPERIMENTAL We evaluated 30 young (27±1 year) premenopausal, non-obese (23±0.5 kg/m(2)), normally-cycling women, without clinical or chemical evidence of hyperandrogenism or...

The article by Durmus x et al (1) published in this issue of the Journal is yet another important contribution from the Generation R Study in Rotterdam and shows the value of birth cohort studies in life-course epidemiology. The focus of this article is the relation between infant feeding (the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding and the age at introduction of solid foods) and adiposity at...

Kelley, David E., F. Leland Thaete, Fred Troost, Trina Huwe, and Bret H. Goodpaster. Subdivisions of subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue and insulin resistance. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 278: E941–E948, 2000.—Whereas truncal (central) adiposity is strongly associated with the insulin resistant metabolic syndrome, it is uncertain whether this is accounted for principally by visceral adipos...

BACKGROUND Increased abdominal adiposity has been linked to an increase in mortality in populations where many are overweight or obese; it is unclear whether the same is true in relatively lean populations. METHODS We examined the association between waist-hip ratio and mortality in the Shanghai Women's Health Study, a population-based, prospective cohort study of Chinese women aged 40 to 70 ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate 1). associations between environmental factors (alcohol consumption, hormone replacement therapy [HRT], and physical activity) and insulin resistance and secretion, independent of genetic influences; 2). the contribution of abdominal adiposity to these relationships; and 3). whether gene-environment interactions mediate these associations. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS ...

BACKGROUND Little is known about whether patterns of early growth are associated with altered respiratory and immune development. This study relates prenatal and infant growth patterns to wheeze and atopy at age 3 years. METHODS Birth weight and length were measured in 1548 children born at term. Conditional fetal head and abdominal circumference growth velocities were calculated from ...