Background: Little is known on the relationship between obesity and hydration level in
children. To explore the possible association between children's hydration status and body …

Abstract Study Objectives Although insufficient sleep is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome
(MetS), the circadian timing of sleep (CTS) is also involved in cardiac and metabolic …

Obesity prevalence has increased worldwide over the last decades and has reached
alarming rates in low middle-income countries. Childhood has been affected by this …

Introducción: bajos niveles de actividad física, moderada y vigorosa, son un factor de riesgo
conductual importante en la obesidad en niños. Objetivo: el objetivo del estudio fue …

Objective: Excess visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in children with obesity is associated with
development of cardiovascular and metabolic disease. This meta-analysis investigated if …

Background: Although the prevalence of abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome has
been widely studied in the adult population, little is known about it in children and …

Background Increased visceral adipose tissue (VAT) precedes development of insulin
resistance and dyslipidemia in adults. The associations of abdominal adiposity derived from …

Objectives The aim of this longitudinal study was to assess associations between android
and gynoid fat distribution and different cardiovascular disease risk factors in normal weight …

Objective: To identify which anthropometric measurement would be the best predictor of
metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Brazilian adolescents. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional …

Results The 34 young healthy individuals who were assigned to the B-MeS group had lower
fat-free mass, higher body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, fat mass, and blood pressure, more …