Objective: Although obesity is typically associated with increased cardiovascular risk, a
subset of obese individuals display a normal metabolic profile (“metabolically healthy …

Larger waist circumference or waist-hip ratio, as crude indicators of visceral fat mass, are
associated with adverse metabolic profile, but their role in predicting future coronary heart …

Context Menopause is associated with changes in musculoskeletal, body composition, and
metabolic parameters that may be amplified in premenopausal women receiving estradiol …

Purpose We tested the hypothesis that participation in small‐sided team handball training
could provide beneficial effects on cardiovascular and metabolic parameters in overweight …

Objective: High birth weight and greater weight gain in infancy have been associated with
increased risk of obesity as assessed using body mass index, but few studies have …

Background It remains controversial whether measures of general or abdominal adiposity
are better risk predictors for ischemic stroke. Furthermore, so far it is unclear whether body …

Aims/hypothesis Liver X receptor (LXR) α regulates the genes involved in cholesterol, fatty
acid and glucose metabolism. Soy protein (SP) consumption reduces the hepatic …

In recent years, the usefulness of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as a valuable
complementary method of assessing the content and distribution of adipose and lean tissue …

Although frequently silent, mineral and bone disease (MBD) is one of the most precocious
complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is omnipresent in patients with CKD stage …

Background and aims To assess the association between dietary advanced glycation end
products (dAGEs) versus body composition and anthropometric variables. Methods and …