The current obesity epidemic poses a major public health issue since obesity predisposes
towards several chronic diseases. BMI and total adiposity are positively correlated with …

The aim of this systematic review was to assess the performance of anthropometric tools to
determine obesity in the general population (CRD42018086888). Our review included 32 …

Although there is evidence that Asian Indians, Polynesians and Europeans differ in their
body fat (BF)–BMI relationships, detailed comparative analysis of their underlying body …

It is estimated that Asia will be the home of more than 100 million people with type 2
diabetes by the year of 2025. This region combines a high proportion of the world's …

Current waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) cutoffs have been identified
from studies of predominantly European-derived populations. However, these cutoffs may …

For more than a decade, researchers in the field of obesity have debated the value of the
BMI as the most common and convenient index for classifying the obese condition. The …

Winner of the 2021 BPS Book Award: Academic Text category, this groundbreaking book
employs a transdisciplinary and poststructuralist methodology to develop the concept of …

States, we acknowledge that specific groups make up a large or growing segment of the
population and also suffer disproportionately from obesity and CVD. Groups that are the …

Objective: this study examined the association of physical activity with sarcopenia and
sarcopenic obesity among the community-dwelling Korean elderly. Methods: subjects …

Obesity and its association with co-morbidities in Africa are on the rise. This systematic
review examines evidence of obesity and its association with co-morbidities within the …