Association of all-cause mortality with overweight and obesity using standard body mass index categories: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Importance Estimates of the relative mortality risks associated with normal weight,
overweight, and obesity may help to inform decision making in the clinical setting. Objective …
overweight, and obesity may help to inform decision making in the clinical setting. Objective …
Obesity: a chronic relapsing progressive disease process. A position statement of the World Obesity Federation
This paper considers the argument for obesity as a chronic relapsing disease process.
Obesity is viewed from an epidemiological model, with an agent affecting the host and …
Obesity is viewed from an epidemiological model, with an agent affecting the host and …
Association of obesity with survival outcomes in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Importance Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30, is associated with
a significant increase in the risk of many cancers and in overall mortality. However, various …
a significant increase in the risk of many cancers and in overall mortality. However, various …
BMI and all cause mortality: systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies with 3.74 million deaths among 30.3 million …
Objective To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies of body mass
index (BMI) and the risk of all cause mortality, and to clarify the shape and the nadir of the …
index (BMI) and the risk of all cause mortality, and to clarify the shape and the nadir of the …
Central fatness and risk of all cause mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of 72 prospective cohort studies
Objective To quantify the association of indices of central obesity, including waist
circumference, hip circumference, thigh circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height …
circumference, hip circumference, thigh circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height …
Clinical management and treatment of obesity in China
China has one of the largest populations with obesity in the world, and obesity has become
a major challenge for the country's health-care system. Current guidelines for obesity …
a major challenge for the country's health-care system. Current guidelines for obesity …
Birth weight and long-term overweight risk: systematic review and a meta-analysis including 643,902 persons from 66 studies and 26 countries globally
K Schellong, S Schulz, T Harder, A Plagemann - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Overweight is among the major challenging health risk factors. It has been
claimed that birth weight, being a critical indicator of prenatal developmental conditions, is …
claimed that birth weight, being a critical indicator of prenatal developmental conditions, is …
[HTML][HTML] Ethnic influences on the relations between abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adiposity, liver fat, and cardiometabolic risk profile: the International Study of …
Background: Ethnic differences in cardiometabolic risk (CMR) may be related to patterns of
ethnic-specific body fat distribution. Objective: We aimed to identify differences across ethnic …
ethnic-specific body fat distribution. Objective: We aimed to identify differences across ethnic …
Relationship among body fat percentage, body mass index, and all-cause mortality
TO THE EDITOR: Financial incentives can reinforce consumer behavior (for example,
offering money back for using a specific credit card), and these procedures are gaining …
offering money back for using a specific credit card), and these procedures are gaining …
Combining body mass index with measures of central obesity in the assessment of mortality in subjects with coronary disease: role of “normal weight central obesity”
Objectives: This study sought to assess the mortality risk of patients with coronary artery
disease (CAD) based on a combination of body mass index (BMI) and measures of central …
disease (CAD) based on a combination of body mass index (BMI) and measures of central …