Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide with increasing prevalence in all
age groups, genders, and ethnicities. Most chronic disease deaths occur in middle-to low …

In addition to immediate implications for pregnancy complications, increasing evidence
implicates maternal obesity as a major determinant of offspring health during childhood and …

Low concordance between studies that examine the role of microbiota in human diseases is
a pervasive challenge that limits the capacity to identify causal relationships between host …

Abstract Background Since 2014, the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and
Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) has produced an annual report of all bariatric surgery submitted …

Objective To estimate the global and country-level burden of overweight and obesity among
pregnant women from 2005 to 2014. Methods Publicly accessible country-level data were …

Aims This systematic review and meta‐analysis evaluated the associations between shift
work patterns and risks of specific types of obesity. Methods PubMed was searched until …

ROJAS-MARTINEZ, Rosalba et al. Prevalencia de diabetes por diagnóstico médico previo
en México. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2018, vol. 60, n. 3, pp. 224-232. ISSN 0036-3634 …

Epidemiological studies showed that the metabolic syndromes (MetS) and cardiovascular
diseases (CVDs) are responsible for a serious threat to human health worldwide. MetS is a …

Lines of evidence from several studies have shown that increases in life expectancy are now
accompanied by increased disability rate. The expanded lifespan of the aging population …

During the last 40 years, there has been a world-wide increase in both the prevalence of
obesity and an increase in the number of persons over the age of 60 due to a decline in …