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Obesity alters adipose tissue metabolic and endocrine function and leads to an increased release of fatty acids, hormones, and proinflammatory molecules that contribute to obesity associated complications. To further cha...

Objective. The objective of the study was to measure theprevalence of overweight and obesity in Mexican schoolagechildren (5-11 years) in the National Nutrition Survey1999 (NNS-1999). Material and Methods. Overweightand ...

Obesity was induced by high fat diet (30 % fat by weight). Wistar rats of 225-250 g were kept on high fat diet to induce obesity for 90 days. Sodium tungstate (2 mg/ml, in drinking water) was administered for 90 days. ...

High fat diet (30 % fat) was used to induce obesity in rats. Male wistar rats were kept at high fat diet for 90 days and subjected to partial abdominal aortic constriction (PAAC) at 62nd day and continued upto 90th day...

OBJECTIVE: To develop an internationally acceptable definition of child overweight and obesity, specifying the measurement, the reference population, and the age and sex specific cut off points. DESIGN: International sur...

CONTEXT: The prevalence of overweight in children and adolescents and obesity in adults in the United States has increased over several decades. OBJECTIVE: To provide current estimates of the prevalence and trends of ove...

OBJECTIVE: To construct growth curves for school-aged children and adolescents that accord with the WHO Child Growth Standards for preschool children and the body mass index (BMI) cut-offs for adults. METHODS: Data from ...

BACKGROUND: Although more than 80% of the global burden of cardiovascular disease occurs in low-income and middle-income countries, knowledge of the importance of risk factors is largely derived from developed countries....

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of diabetes and the number of people of all ages with diabetes for years 2000 and 2030. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Data on diabetes prevalence by age and...

A cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, which occur together more often than by chance alone, have become known as the metabolic syndrome. The risk factors include raised blood ...

<b><i>Background/Aims:</i></b> Magnesium is an essential mineral for many metabolic functions. There is very little information on the effect of magnesium supplementation on metabolic profiles of ...