Obesity has become a major public health issue in China. Overweight and obesity have
increased rapidly in the past four decades, and the latest national prevalence estimates for …

China has experienced many drastic social and economic changes and shifts in people's
lifestyles since the 1990s, in parallel with the fast rising prevalence of obesity. About half of …

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 …

Background Metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and its transition to unhealthy metabolic
status have been associated with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Western …

A new cardiometabolic-based chronic disease (CMBCD) model is presented that provides a
basis for early and sustainable, evidence-based therapeutic targeting to promote …

Objective This study examined the effects of overweight/obesity on mortality and morbidity
outcomes and the disparities, time trends, and projected future obesity health burden in …

Background Managing risk factors is crucial to prevent stroke. However, few cohort studies
have evaluated socioeconomic factors together with conventional factors affecting incident …

Background There is debate whether body mass index is a good predictor of health
outcomes because different tissues, namely skeletal muscle mass (SMM) and fat mass (FM) …

Background: China has seen a burgeoning epidemic of obesity in recent decades, but few
studies reported nationally on obesity across socio-demographic subgroups. We sought to …

Background and aims Controversy remains regarding the prediction effects of different
adiposity measure indicators for the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Our study aimed …