Measures of obesity, including body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), do not
fully capture the complexity of obesity-related health risks. This study identified distinct …

Background and objective Although obesity is a heterogeneous disease, little is known
regarding chronic medical conditions (CMCs) that defines variability in obese populations …

Adverse health effects differ with various levels of obesity, but limited national data existed
previously for the Canadian population. We examined the associations of sociodemographic …

Background/objectives Obesity is associated with increased health care use (HCU), but it is
unclear whether this is consistent across all measures of adiposity. The objectives were to …

Background. Whether there is heterogeneity in the development of BMI from middle‐age
onward is still unknown. The primary aim of this study is to analyze long‐term obesity and …

Background and aim Our aim was risk estimation for cardiovascular disease (CVD) across
obesity phenotypes over 18 years of follow-up using both time-invariant and time-varying …

Background: Although many individual health behaviours (eg diet/activity) have been
implicated in the current rise in obesity levels, their confounding or cumulative effects have …

BACKGROUND: Over 70% of older adults in the United States are overweight or obese. To
examine the overall health burden of obesity in older adults, the Vitamins and Lifestyle …

Excess weight has generally been associated with adverse health outcomes; however, the
link between overweight and health outcomes may vary with socioeconomic, cultural, and …

Objective: To compare two traditional (high dietary lipid intake and non-participation in high-
intensity physical exercise, namely the 'Big Two'factors) versus three nontraditional (short …