Obesity is a chronic multisystem disease associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
The increasing prevalence of obesity makes it a major healthcare challenge across both …

Among 20 leading global risk factors for years of life lost in 2040, reference forecasts point to
three metabolic risks—high blood pressure, high BMI, and high fasting plasma glucose—as …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to discuss strengths and limitations of body
mass index (BMI) in diagnosing obesity, the use of alternative anthropometric …

ABSTRACT Abbreviations: A1C= hemoglobin A1C; AACE= American Association of Clinical
Endocrinologists; ABCD= adiposity-based chronic disease; ACCORD= Action to Control …

Obesity is the most extended metabolic alteration worldwide increasing the risk for the
development of cardiometabolic alterations such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and …

Background Global estimates of the effect of common modifiable risk factors on
cardiovascular disease and mortality are largely based on data from separate studies, using …

Objective To quantify the association of indices of central obesity, including waist
circumference, hip circumference, thigh circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height …

Obesity is now a worldwide epidemic ensuing an increase in comorbidities' prevalence,
such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes (T2D), metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty …

Overweight and obesity contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in
general and coronary heart disease (CHD) in particular in part by their association with …

Obesity is recognized as a heterogeneous condition in which individuals with similar body
mass index may have distinct metabolic and cardiovascular risk profiles. Susceptibility to …