Indices of abdominal obesity are better discriminators of cardiovascular risk factors than BMI: a meta-analysis

CMY Lee, RR Huxley, RP Wildman… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - Elsevier
… of indices of overweight and obesity (BMI, … indices of obesity. However, the difference
in the definitions used should not have affected the results because the aim of this meta-analysis

Association of all-cause mortality with overweight and obesity using standard body mass index categories: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KM Flegal, BK Kit, H Orpana, BI Graubard - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
… Relative to normal weight, both obesity (all grades) and grades 2 and 3 obesity were
associated with significantly higher all-cause mortality. Grade 1 obesity overall was not associated …

The association between maternal body mass index and child obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis

N Heslehurst, R Vieira, Z Akhter, H Bailey, E Slack… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
… association between childhood obesity and maternal … meta-analysis aimed to examine the
dose–response association between maternal body mass index (BMI) and childhood obesity

Diagnostic performance of body mass index to identify obesity as defined by body adiposity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

DO Okorodudu, MF Jumean, VM Montori… - … journal of obesity, 2010 - nature.com
… The results of this meta-analysis suggest that the current definition of obesity at the …
Although obesity means excess body fat, the current definition of obesity is based on body weight …

Dietary inflammatory index in relation to obesity and body mass index: A meta-analysis

H Kord Varkaneh, S Fatahi, S Tajik, J Rahmani… - Nutrition & Food …, 2018 - emerald.com
… The results of the present meta-analysis suggest that adherence to high DII score increased
BMI and obesity. More prospective studies in different populations are needed to better …

The performance of anthropometric tools to determine obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

I Sommer, B Teufer, M Szelag, B Nussbaumer-Streit… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
obesity in the general population (CRD42018086888). Our review included 32 studies. To
detect obesity with body mass index (BMI), the meta-analyses … use as obesity screening tools …

Effect of obesity on intensive care morbidity and mortality: a meta-analysis

ME Akinnusi, LA Pineda, AA El Solh - Critical care medicine, 2008 - journals.lww.com
… care unit length of stay were significantly longer in the obese group by 1.48 days (95%
confidence … analysis, an improved survival was observed in obese patients with body mass index

Predicting adult obesity from childhood obesity: a systematic review and metaanalysis

M Simmonds, A Llewellyn, CG Owen… - Obesity …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
obesity such as body mass index (BMI) … meta-analysis of the studies shown in Figure 2,
and Figure 3B shows the results for predicting later obesity from childhood or adolescent obesity

Intelligence in relation to obesity: a systematic review and metaanalysis

ZB Yu, SP Han, XG Cao, XR Guo - Obesity Reviews, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… IQ with higher body mass index (BMI) compared … obesity is less clear. The aim of this article
was to assess and quantify published evidence on the mutual relationship between obesity

… effects of low glycemic index/load vs. high glycemic index/load diets on parameters of obesity and obesity-associated risks: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Schwingshackl, G Hoffmann - Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular …, 2013 - Elsevier
meta-analysis was to investigate the long-term effects of glycemic index-related diets in the
management of obesity with … index/load (GI/GL) in the prevention of obesity-associated risks. …