Search Tag: obesity
Esc-2014-childhood-obesity-and-hypertension
2014 03 Sep
According to a new study from Germany discussed in a Moderated Poster session at the ESC Congress 2014 in Barcelona, obese youngsters as defined by adiposity have nearly a six-fold greater risk of hypertension as compared to those of normal weight. The new study used body fat distribution to assess the impact of childhood body weight. 22,051...Read more
Waist-circumference-and-cardiovascular-risk-20-years-on
2014 27 May
It has been twenty years since the publication in the American Journal of Cardiology of a Canadian study showing that waist circumference correlates with abdominal visceral adipose tissue, which in excess predisposes individuals to atherogenic and diabetogenic abnormalities. At the time, imaging was not widely used for clinical diagnosis of obesity,...Read more