Nutritional condition of school age children. Clinic, anthropo-medical and alimentary assessment by Alina Esther González Hermida, Jesús Vila Díaz, Carmen Emilia Guerra Cabrera, Odalys Quintero Rodríguez, Mariela Dorta Figueredo, José Danilo Pacheco

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> the relation weight/height in the two genders presents a prevalence of normal weight; undernourishment is more common among females, overweight is more usual among boys and obesity can be found in both genders. …”
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Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis and Screening in Australian General Practice: A National Study by Mingyue Zheng, Carla De Oliveira Bernardo, Nigel Stocks, David Gonzalez-Chica

“…Patients with unrecorded diabetes/prediabetes had clinical characteristics similar to those with recorded diabetes, except for a lower prevalence of overweight/obesity (55.5% and 69.9%, respectively). …”
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Alterations in Serum Adropin, Adiponectin, and Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels in OSAS by Hakan Celikhisar, Gulay Dasdemir Ilkhan

“…Method. A total of 166 overweight and obese male patients with a body mass index (BMI) >27 kg/m2 were included in the study. …”
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Association of Serum Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase and Ferritin with the Metabolic Syndrome by Dong Wei, Tao Chen, Jie Li, Yun Gao, Yan Ren, Xiangxun Zhang, Hongling Yu, Haoming Tian

“…Furthermore, the increased risk of having each of the metabolic syndrome components (overweight or obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, hypertension, hyperglycemia, and insulin resistance) was also observed in those subjects after adjustment for possible confounders (p < 0.05). …”
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Association of Risk Factors for Uterine Cancer with Degree of Aggressiveness in Patients from Amazonia by Edison Enrique Sotalin Nivela, Jhonny Alejandro Rodríguez Gutiérrez, Eduardo Leonel Alvarado Pico

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> 3 patients with grade 1 of cervical cancer; 97 patients with grade 2 and 124 with grade 3, were identified. 62,05 % were 35 years old or older, 69,64 % of the patients were overweight or obese, 49,11 % had a family history of cervical cancer and 51,34 %, smoking. …”
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Identification of Individuals at Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes by Belkis Vicente Sánchez, Ernesto Vicente Peña, Aylín Altuna Delgado, Miriam Costa Cruz

“…<strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> low and slightly elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes predominated in the study population according to the results of the score applied. Overweight and abnormal waist circumferences were the most common risk factors.…”
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Knee pain in adults from the northeast of São Paulo, Brazil: prevalence, risk factors, and impact on quality of life by Alberto de Vitta, Nicoly Machado Maciel, Sandra Fiorelli Almeida Penteado Simeão, Matias Noll

“…Results: The prevalence of knee pain was 25.6% (95% confidence interval: 22.3–29.3%), and it was associated with being >60 years old, black ethnicity, mean or low income, overweight, depression, gastrointestinal and renal diseases, and persons who performed occupations requiring repetitive movements, sitting while using a computer, and standing. …”
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Characterization of Pregnant Women treated at the Center for Assisted Reproduction by Linett León Díaz, Aimé María Reyes Pérez, Práxedes Rojas Quintana, Aida María Reyes Pérez, Neysi Matilde Chávez González

“…There was an association between weight and pregnancy course, with an increased number of abortions among overweight and obese patients. Seventy six point nine percent of the patients who achieved pregnancy had a normal course of pregnancy.…”
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Gut–brain axis and neuropsychiatric health: recent advances by Ceymi Doenyas, Gerard Clarke, Renáta Cserjési

“…There is also evidence that the gut–brain axis plays a role in obesity and machine learning algorithms may assist in differentiating between obese and overweight individuals based on their microbiota data. …”
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Oral Administration of the Endocannabinoid Anandamide during Lactation: Effects on Hypothalamic Cannabinoid Type 1 Receptor and Food Intake in Adult Mice by Carolina Aguirre, Valeska Castillo, Miguel Llanos

“…We have previously shown that administration of the endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA) during lactation leads to overweight, increased body fat accumulation, and insulin resistance in adult mice. …”
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Orexitropic Signaling Proteins in Obese Children by Ljiljana Saranac, Bojko Bjelakovic, Hristina Stamenkovic, Borislav Kamenov

“…The mean body mass index (BMI) was 32.80 kg/m2 (range 23.30– 47.02) and the mean overweight 30.73 kg (range 8.00–74.00). The mean leptin level was higher in boys and in the group with central obesity, but was not significant. …”
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Limb-Specific Comparison of Flow-Mediated Dilation in Abdominal Obese Pre-menopausal Women by Robert M. Restaino, Matthew A. Barlow

“…Abstract Purpose Normal aging can lead to arterial wall stiffening and development of atherosclerosis; however, the effects of overweight conditions can expedite the dysfunction of arterial health. …”
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Predictors of Sleep Apnea in the Canadian Population by Ina van der Spuy, Gaungming Zhao, Chandima Karunanayake, Punam Pahwa

“…Predictive probability demonstrated that in overweight and obese persons, ≥15 minutes of daily exercise significantly decreased the risk of diagnosed sleep apnea. …”
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Promotion of healthy eating patterns among employees of a primary health care unit by Paula Martins Horta, Luana Caroline dos Santos, Roseli Gomes de Andrade

“…Most participants were adults (90.3%), women (74.2%) and nursing auxiliaries (29.0%). Overweight was seen in 38.8% of workers in addition to a high frequency of fried food and sweets consumption. …”
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Influence of Weight Gain Rate on Early Life Nutritional Status and Body Composition of Children by Sarah Aparecida Vieira, Taís Cristina Araújo Magalhães, Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro, Silvia Eloiza Priore, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini, Luciana Ferreira da Rocha Sant’Ana

“…In the nutritional status assessment, the prevalence of overweight observed was 24.9%. After adjusting for control variables, it was found that the increase of the WGR at 4–6 months of age explained the occurrence of higher BMI/age, percentage of total body fat, body fat percentage in the android region, and waist circumference in children between 4 and 7 years of age. …”
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Cardiovascular Hyperreactivity and its Association with Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Milagros Lisset León Regal, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Yudith Brito Pérez de Corcho, Lázaro Hermes González Otero, José Omar de Armas García, Luciano Miranda Alvarado

“…Highest percentage of hyperreactivity was found in obese and overweight individuals. Triglyceride levels associated with cardiovascular hyperreactivity were also significant. …”
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Cardiovascular response of students to physical exertion using the 'Trunk Flexion Test' by Iryna Ivanyshyn, Krzysztof Prusik, Daria Piatnytska, Victoriia Spuziak

“…The proportion of students with normal weight differed by university. The prevalence of overweight varied among universities. The occurrence of 'Underweight' and 'Obese' also varied by university. …”
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Acute Diverticulitis in the Young: The Same Disease in a Different Patient by Adolfo Pisanu, Valentina Vacca, Isabella Reccia, Mauro Podda, Alessandro Uccheddu

“…The same disease seems to be affecting young patients such as overweight or obese male individual. Current policies to prevent diverticular disease and its related complications must include obesity control together with high-fiber diet and regular exercise.…”
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Diet quality and characteristics of family environment in a school from Itajaí-SC by Ana Luisa Pereira Michereff, Larissa Tachini, Tatiana Mezadri, Doroteia Aparecida Höfelmann

“…Better diet quality was associated to higher mother schooling; male gender; overweight and no habit of having meals while watching television. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet-to-lymphocyte Ratio in the Patients with Euthyroid Hashimoto's Thyroiditis by Hacer Nur RESBER, Mumtaz TAKIR, Cundullah TORUN

“…The medical records of patients who presented with complaints of being overweight at the obesity clinic between April 2017 and May 2019 were examined. …”
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