PM Janiszewski, TJ Saunders, R Ross - American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2008 - ajl.sagepub.com Abstract: The metabolic syndrome is a clustering of metabolic risk fac- tors
including abdominal obesity, dysfunctional glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, and
elevated blood pres- sure. Approximately 1 in 4 Americans currently has the ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
JP Despres - Current pharmaceutical design, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com Abstract: Abdominal obesity (high waist circumference) is more strongly
associated with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes than generalized
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- ►physicaltherapyjournal.com CS Kirkness, RL Marcus, PC LaStayo, CV … - Physical Therapy, 2008 - physicaltherapyjournal.com Objective: The prevalence of diabetes (type 2) in the general population has
increased dramatically over the last decade, yet patients with diabetes are
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C Jung, N Fischer, M Fritzenwanger, J … - Pediatric Diabetes, 2009 - pt.wkhealth.com Background: Overweight and the metabolic syndrome (MS) represent dramatically
increasing problems in children and adolescents. Waist circumference (WC) is an
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JG Ryan - Gender Medicine, 2009 - Elsevier Results: Obesity has been disproportionately prevalent among women and
minorities, accompanied by an increased risk for DM. Women have experienced an
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J Lakerveld, SDM Bot, MJ Chinapaw, MW van … - BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2008 - biomedcentral.com The number of people with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes mellitus
type 2 (T2DM) is growing rapidly. To a large extend, this increase is due to
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A Misra, P Chowbey, BM Makkar, NK Vikram, … - JAPI, 2009 - japi.org Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome for Asian Indians and ... Recommendations
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PM Janiszewski, JL Kuk, R Ross - Diabetologia, 2008 - Springer Abstract Aims/hypothesis Since the accumulation of lower-body sub- cutaneous
adipose tissue (LBSAT) is associated with de- creased cardiometabolic risk, we
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AR Abduelkarem, SI Sharif, AM Hammrouni, SS … - Practical Diabetes International, 2009 - escriber.com Introduction Diabetes is one of the most significant health problems that
challenge health care providers in both primary and secondary care sectors
through- out the world, for three important reasons: firstly, the large ... Related articles - View as HTML - All 3 versions
M Aslam, AW Eckhauser, CA Dorminy, CM … - Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 2009 - Elsevier Diet intervention resulted in a significant decrease in body weight (−7.86 ±
2.87 kg), body mass index (BMI −2.69 ± 0.98 kg/m 2 ), total body fat (−5.22
± 2.32 kg), truncal fat (−2.80 ± 1.94 kg) and waist circumference ... Related articles
