The prevalence of obesity has increased worldwide and is a source of concern since the
negative consequences of obesity start as early as in childhood. The most commonly used …

A wealth of clinical and epidemiological evidence has linked obesity to a broad spectrum of
cardiovascular diseases (CVD) including coronary heart disease, heart failure …

Obesity is a major contributor to the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in the developed
world, and yet has only recently been afforded the same level of attention as other risk …

Obesity is an excessive accumulation of fat that can impair health. Because the direct
measurement of body fat is difficult to perform, a number of anthropometric measures have …

The prevalence of obesity has increased globally over the last 2 decades. Although the body
mass index has been a convenient and simple index of obesity at the population level …

Over the past 4 decades, prevalence of obesity has increased rapidly at both the national
and global level and presents a major public health challenge. Obesity is associated with …

The prevalence of obesity has increased worldwide over the past few decades. In 2013, the
prevalence of obesity exceeded the 50% of the adult population in some countries from …

Two key findings regarding the cardiovascular risks associated with obesity have emerged
in recent years: one relates to the importance of visceral obesity as a risk factor for …

The prevalence of obesity is increasing at an epidemic rate globally with more than 1 billion
adults overweight and at least 300 million of them clinically obese. This is expected to rise …

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Overweight and obesity
are strongly associated with comorbidities such as hypertension and insulin resistance …