Tag: Obesity

Hazard ratio for asthma significantly higher in obese women; hazard ratio for COPD, asthma increased with highest waist circumference

Mendelian randomization study shows causal association between higher body mass index and increased risk for diabetic nephropathy

Higher body mass index linked to greater severity of pain in hands, feet, knees/hips

Familial assets such as maternal parenting sensitivity and child behavioral regulation reduce odds of being severely obese

Sleep duration increased with counseling for overweight adults with habitual sleep duration of less than 6.5 hours/night

Prevalence of low eGFR higher in individuals with T1D versus those with T2D after adjustment for age differences

Positive additive interaction linked to increased risk for breast cancer particularly in postmenopausal women

For overweight, obese women, lower bound of optimal gestational weight gain ranges are higher than existing recommendations

Visceral fat predictive of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity beyond body mass index and waist circumference

Adults who underwent weight loss surgery between 2004 and 2017 had a reduced risk for severe outcomes