OBJECTIVE To examine whether SMS text messaging facilitates a reduction of weight and waist circumference (WC) and favourable changes in lipid profile and insulin levels in clinically healthy overweight and obese subjects. DESIGN A randomised controlled trial. SETTING AND INTERVENTION Primary care health centre in Riga, Latvia. Text messaging once in two weeks. SUBJECTS A total of 123 ove...

BACKGROUND Whether obesity is associated with recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in elderly patients is unknown. OBJECTIVES To examine the association between two obesity measures, the body mass index (BMI) and the waist circumference (WC), and recurrent VTE in elderly patients. PATIENTS/METHODS We studied 986 patients aged ≥65 years with an acute VTE from a prospective multicenter coho...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine whether self reported heights and weights from Scottish adults can provide an accurate assessment of obesity prevalence in the population. DESIGN Standardised clinic measurements of weight and height were compared against self reported values on a postal questionnaire in the fourth Scottish MONICA cross sectional study. SETTING A sex and five year age band strat...

background : the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of six-week aerobic training program including running and rope skipping on cardiovascular fitness, body mass index (bmi), and mental health among female students at the university of isfahan, iran. methods : in this interventional study we included 30 female students in academic year 2011-12. the participants were random...

OBJECTIVE In order to establish some preliminary data of our population, we determined the ultrasonographic kidney dimensions in individuals without known renal disease. We assessed whether age, sex, side, body mass index (BMI) and presence or absence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension affect the renal size. METHODS Ultrasonographic kidney measurements were performed on 194 adult patients ...

conclusions a rope skipping protocol increases the anti-inflammatory index, reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, and improves the body compounds and immune system of the obese and overweight teens. results there was no significant change in the serum levels of il-10 (p > 0.05); however, the intragroup comparison in the experimental group showed a significant increase in serum levels of i...

OBJECTIVE The goal was to estimate the prevalence of overweight, obesity, underweight, and abdominal obesity among the adult population of Iran. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES A nationwide cross-sectional survey was conducted from December 2004 to February 2005. The selection was conducted by stratified probability cluster sampling through household family members in Iran. Weight, height, an...

OBJECTIVE To assess the validity of self-reported height and weight by comparison with measured height and weight in a sample of middle-aged men and women, and to determine the extent of misclassification of body mass index (BMI) arising from differences between self-reported and measured values. DESIGN Analysis of self-reported and measured height and weight data from participants in the Oxf...

Obesity is an established risk factor for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Anthropometric measures of overall and central obesity as predictors of NIDDM risk have not been as well studied, especially in women. Among 43,581 women enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study who in 1986 provided waist, hip, and weight information and who were initially free from diabetes and other major c...