Obesity and colorectal cancer: molecular features of adipose tissue

J Martinez-Useros, J Garcia-Foncillas - Journal of translational medicine, 2016 - Springer
The huge part of population in developed countries is overweight or obese. Obesity is often
determined by body mass index (BMI) but new accurate methods and ratios have recently …

Metabolically healthy obesity—heterogeneity in definitions and unconventional factors

I Brandão, MJ Martins, R Monteiro - Metabolites, 2020 - mdpi.com
The concept of heterogeneity among obese individuals in their risk for develo** metabolic
dysfunction and associated complications has been recognized for decades. At the origin of …

Examining the efficacy of a very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet on cardiovascular health in adults with mildly elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in an open …

N Tzenios, ED Lewis, DC Crowley… - … syndrome and related …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Background: The objective of this open-label pilot study was to investigate the efficacy of a
very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet (VLCKD), known as Nic's Ketogenic Diet, for 140 days …

A new body shape index predicts mortality hazard independently of body mass index

NY Krakauer, JC Krakauer - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Obesity, typically quantified in terms of Body Mass Index (BMI) exceeding
threshold values, is considered a leading cause of premature death worldwide. For given …

Alternate day fasting improves physiological and molecular markers of aging in healthy, non-obese humans

S Stekovic, SJ Hofer, N Tripolt, MA Aon, P Royer… - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
Caloric restriction and intermittent fasting are known to prolong life-and healthspan in model
organisms, while their effects on humans are less well studied. In a randomized controlled …

Body fat distribution and the risk of incident metabolic syndrome: a longitudinal cohort study

H Kwon, D Kim, JS Kim - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The effect of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) area on
metabolic syndrome (MS) has been debated. We aimed to evaluate the effects of VAT and …

Cardiometabolic index (CMI) and visceral adiposity index (VAI) highlight a higher risk of metabolic syndrome in women with severe obesity

S Lazzer, M D'Alleva, M Isola, M De Martino… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent evidence shows that simple and inexpensive anthropometric measurements can be
used to identify, at an early stage, women with obesity at increased risk of develo** …

Comparison of regional fat measurements by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and conventional anthropometry and their association with markers of diabetes and …

SK Vasan, C Osmond, D Canoy… - International journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
Results: Following adjustment for total adiposity, upper body adiposity measurements
showed consistently increased risk of T2D and CVD risk markers except for abdominal …

Association of Body Shape Index (ABSI) with cardio-metabolic risk factors: A cross-sectional study of 6081 Caucasian adults

S Bertoli, A Leone, NY Krakauer, G Bedogni… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
A Body Shape Index (ABSI) was specifically developed as a transformation of waist
circumference (WC), statistically independent of BMI to better evaluate the relative …

Artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiography derived body mass index as a predictor of future cardiometabolic disease

L Pastika, A Sau, K Patlatzoglou, E Sieliwonczyk… - npj Digital …, 2024 - nature.com
The electrocardiogram (ECG) can capture obesity-related cardiac changes. Artificial
intelligence-enhanced ECG (AI-ECG) can identify subclinical disease. We trained an AI …