Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in Asia. To combat the harmful
impacts of CVD on public health in Asian countries with more effective strategies and …

Sarcopenia is defined as the age-related loss of muscle mass and strength or physical
performance. Increased amounts of adipose tissue often accompany sarcopenia, a condition …

Objective The development of these updated clinical practice guidelines (CPG) was
commissioned by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity …

South Asians (from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri
Lanka) make up one quarter of the world's population and are one of the fastest-growing …

Objective Development of these guidelines is mandated by the American Association of
Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Board of Directors and the American College of …

Importance Despite evidence of an association between reproductive factors and
endometrial cancer risk, prospective studies have been conducted mainly in non-Asian …

The epidemic of overweight and obesity presents a major challenge to chronic disease
prevention and health across the life course around the world. Fueled by economic growth …

We propose a new anthropometric index, weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI), to assess
adiposity by standardizing waist circumference (WC) for weight. WWI, calculated as WC (cm) …

In the last decades, autoimmune diseases have experienced a dramatic increase in Western
countries. The involvement of environmental factors is strongly suspected to explain this rise …

Obesity is a risk factor for hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidemia, and
hyperuricemia. Here, we evaluated whether the same body mass index (BMI) for the US …