Obesity is a growing health problem worldwide. It is associated with an increased
cardiovascular risk on the one hand of obesity itself and on the other hand of associated …

Obesity increases a number of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, but patients with
many types of CVD may have a better prognosis if classified as overweight or obese, a …

A wealth of clinical and epidemiological evidence has linked obesity to a broad spectrum of
cardiovascular diseases (CVD) including coronary heart disease, heart failure …

Obesity is a worldwide pandemic contributing to the hypertensive state and to the
cardiovascular morbidity leading to an increase in hospitalizations, events and cost to the …

Aims Although body mass index (BMI) is the most commonly used anthropometric measure,
newer indices such as the waist-to-height ratio, better reflect the location and amount of …

Objective Development of these guidelines is mandated by the American Association of
Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Board of Directors and the American College of …

Background A watch-and-wait approach for patients with clinical complete response to
neoadjuvant chemoradiation could avoid the morbidity of conventional surgery for rectal …

Elevated levels of diastolic BP and especially systolic BP (SBP) are major risk factors for the
development of HF. 18, 19 One of the most impactful observations from the Framingham …

Global obesity rates have increased exponentially in recent decades. People are becoming
obese younger, morbid obesity is increasing and the full health implications are only …

The pro-inflammatory state of the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is supposed to accelerate
cardiovascular (CV) and metabolic diseases in obese subjects. Some studies have recently …