Purpose. To better understand the inverse association between altitude and adult obesity.
Methods. An ecological study design was used, involving 3,108 counties in the contiguous …

Objective To determine the association between altitude and obesity in a nationally
representative sample of the Peruvian adult population. Methods This is a cross‐sectional …

Background: Abdominal obesity represents an accurate predictor of overall morbidity and
mortality, which is worrisome because it is also continuously increasing across Andean …

To evaluate the association between altitude and cardiometabolic risk calculated with the
weight–height ratio (WHtR) in the Peruvian adult population via the cross-sectional data …

Background: The macrogeographic distribution of obesity in the United States, including the
association between elevation and body mass index (BMI), is largely unexplained. This …

Background Residence at high altitude has been associated with lower obesity rates
probably due to hypoxia conditions. However, there is no evidence of this association in a …

Background The correlation between altitude and metabolic syndrome has not been
extensively studied, and the mediation effects of diet and physical activity remain unclear …

Objective To describe the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in rural high-and
low-altitude populations of southwestern Saudi Arabia and to identify specific at-risk groups …

Cabrera de Léon, Antonio, María del Cristo Rodríguez Peréz, Delia Almeida González,
Buenaventura Brito Díaz, Santiago Domínguez Coello, Ana González Hernández, Armando …

Background Recent studies have suggested a possible association between outdoor or
indoor temperature and obesity. We aimed to examine whether ambient temperature is …