Modifiable Risk Factors Including Self-Perceived Stress for Breast Cancer in Hong Kong: A Case-Control Study of 10 757 Subject by Winnie Yeo, Lok-Wa Yuen, Kelvin Kam-Fai Tsoi, Emily Ying-Yang Chan, Carol C Kwok, Inda Soong, Ting-Ying Ng, Joanne Chiu, Miranda Chan, Sharon Wing-Wai Chan, Ting-Ting Wong, Yolanda Ho-Yan Chan, Lawrence Pui-Ki Li, Chun-Chung Yau, Wai-Ka Hung, Polly Suk-Yee Cheung

“…Conclusions: In our locality, high-stress level, meat- and dairy-rich diet, reproductive history, use of oral contraceptives, and being overweight/obese were identified to be modifiable risk factors for breast cancer. …”
Get full text

Osteogenesis Imperfecta with Celiac Disease and Type II Diabetes Mellitus Associated: Improvement with a Gluten-Free Diet by Luis Rodrigo, Isabel Pérez-Martinez

“…Due mainly to difficulties in walking remaining in wheel-chair in the last three years, she was overweight with morbid obesity (BMI=45.4) and had a type-II DM associated. …”
Get full text

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY ANDPHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN by Nimra Mustafa et al

“…Mostly children 45 participate in low-moderate level of physical activity, 32 children participated in moderate, 11 were high-moderate and 0% participated in high level of physical activity on a weekly basis and BMI interpretation was only 9 were underweight, 53 were normal, 7 were overweight, 31 were obese. Results showed a moderate negative correlation between BMI and physical activity (r = -0.3325, P =0.3173). …”
Get full text

The Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Impaired Glucose Regulation in Chinese Adults: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Dong Zhao, Nannan Wu, Jing Yang, Simo Liu, Ning Zhang, Xuhong Wang, Haibin Zhang

“…Older age, elevated blood pressure, high serum lipids, overweight, and central obesity were significantly associated with increased risk of IGR.…”
Get full text

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Case report and literature review by L. Lauruvėnaitė, R. Raugalas, J. Grikinienė

“…The patient had one risk factor – overweight; puberty had not yet begun. She was administered dehydrating medical therapy of acetazolamide and mannitol. …”
Get full text

Comparative Anthropometric Profile in athlete students and non athlete ones. by Georgina Jiménez Estrada, Gema Matienzo González Carvajal, Juan José Apollinaire Pennini, María Teresa Martínez Barroso, Marta Gómez Arcila, Hilda Carmouce Cairo

“…High levels of malnutrition were found in the normal school, 20 per cent of overweight students and 9.1 per cent of undernourished students. …”
Get full text

Burden of Hypertension in the Capital of Afghanistan: A Cross-Sectional Study in Kabul City, 2015 by Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed

“…More than half (57.6%) of the study respondents were overweight and obese and 9.1% were recorded having raised blood sugar. …”
Get full text

Cardiovascular rehabilitation. Results in the cardiology service. by Juan José Navarro López, Roberto S. Vega Hernández., Claudio González Rodríguez., Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez

“…It has been demonstrated that the exercise favors modifications in the risk factors that comprises the lipídic patron, the glicemia, the overweight and some described more recently as the fibrinogen and the factors of the clotting. …”
Get full text

Maternal weight status and the composition of the human milk microbiome: A scoping review. by Katherine Daiy, Victoria Harries, Kate Nyhan, Urszula M Marcinkowska

“…While some studies reported no associations, many others reported that women with a pre-pregnancy or postpartum BMI characterized as overweight or obese, or with excessive GWG, had higher abundances of the genus Staphylococcus, lower Bifidobacterium abundance, and lower alpha diversity (within-sample diversity). …”
Get full text

SHOULDER PAIN, ULTRASOUND CHANGES, AND FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN OBESE PATIENTS by Fabiana Alves Costa Menegassi, Glaucus Cajaty Martins, Zartur José Barcelos Menegassi, Sérgio Augusto Lopes de Souza, Bianca Gutfilen, Fábio Ramos Costa

“…Conclusions: These findings suggest that being overweight is an important exacerbating factor for shoulder pain, lower shoulder functional performance and pathological changes of the rotator cuff and c-reactive protein test. …”
Get full text

The Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: An Evaluation of Large Panels of Plasma Protein Markers Using Repeated, Prediagnostic Samples by Sophia Harlid, Robin Myte, Bethany Van Guelpen

“…One of the 12 MetS score-related proteins (FGF-21), also associated with BMI, was associated with an increased CRC risk (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.19–2.47). We conclude that overweight and obesity, acting through both inflammation and other mechanisms, likely explain the MetS-CRC connection.…”
Get full text

Higher Body Mass Index Is Associated with Subjective Olfactory Dysfunction by Z. M. Patel, J. M. DelGaudio, S. K. Wise

“…Results. 48 out of 60 patients (80%) in the olfactory dysfunction group fell into the overweight or obese categories, compared to 36 out of 60 patients (60%) in the control group. …”
Get full text

Subjective and Objective Appraisal of Activity in Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Eileen R. Chasens, Susan M. Sereika, Martin P. Houze, Patrick J. Strollo

“…The sample was balanced by gender (53% male), middle-aged, primarily White, and overweight or obese with a mean BMI of 33.98 (SD=7.35; median BMI=32.30). …”
Get full text

Structural Weight and Stiffness Optimization of a Midibus Using the Reinforcement and Response Surface Optimization (RSO) Method in Static Condition by Hailemichael Solomon Addisu, Ermias Gebrekidan Koricho

“…Due to lack of engineering analysis and testing, low stiffness and overweight of midibus were compromised. This research was aimed at analyzing and optimizing the midibus structure using the reinforcement and response surface optimization (RSO) method for pure bending and torsion loading cases. …”
Get full text

Preventing Long-Term Risk of Obesity for Two Generations: Prenatal Physical Activity Is Part of the Puzzle by Stephanie-May Ruchat, Michelle F. Mottola

“…The period surrounding pregnancy has been identified as a risk period for overweight/obesity in both mother and child because of excessive gestational weight gain (GWG). …”
Get full text

Fulminant Hepatic Failure in the Course of an Outpatient Anesthetic Procedure: Sevoflurane among Other High-Risk Factors by Céline Cheron, Perrine Hoet, Nathalie Renard, Geoffroy Vanderweerden, Cristina Miscu, Mina Komuta, Pierre-François Laterre, Philippe Hantson

“…The patient had been first exposed to sevoflurane two years before, without any complication. He presented an overweight with a body mass index (BMI) of 31.4 kg/m2 and had an episode of “binge” drinking a few days before anesthesia. …”
Get full text

Central Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism: Genetic Complexity of a Complex Disease by Marco Marino, Valeria Moriondo, Eleonora Vighi, Elisa Pignatti, Manuela Simoni

“…Central hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) is an emerging pathological condition frequently associated with overweight, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and midline defects. …”
Get full text

Application of Cart Method in Analyzing Factors Affecting Nutritional Status of Children Aged 6-23 Months by Izzati Rahmi, Yozza Hazmira, Husna Radhiatul, Rahmy Hafifatul Auliya

“…In the group of children whose mothers have higher level of education, the variable that has a significant influence on child’s nutritional status is mother's nutritional behavior, the prevalence of overweight is likely to be high in children whose mothers nutritional behaviour is not good. …”
Get full text

Neck and Back Pain among Dentists in Erbil City by Kaifi Wali, Jawad Mikael, Twana Bakr

“…The neck and back pain seems to decrease with the year of experience. Overweight dentists seem to be exposed to neck and back pain more than normal and obese participants. …”
Get full text

Spindle Cell Melanoma Presenting as an Ulcer in a Black Diabetic by D. A. Gaskin, D. Brathwaite, N. Depeiza, P. S. Gaskin, J. Ward

“…Case Report. A 57-year-old overweight woman presented to The Maria Holder Diabetes Centre for the Caribbean with a nonhealing ulcer of the right heel after being treated by various primary care physicians over the preceding year. …”
Get full text