With this review, we aim to focus the attention on some established as well as new concepts
for the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children and adolescents spanning from definition to …

Introduction Waist circumference-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a simple anthropometric index
with good screening power and fast interpretation for early detection of childhood abdominal …

Background Xinjiang is an economically underdeveloped area in China, but the obesity rate
of children and adolescents is increasing year by year. Physical fitness and body mass …

Background The absolute agreement of surrogate measures of adiposity with dual-energy X-
ray absorptiometry (DEXA)-measured body composition was examined. Methods Over a 15 …

Summary Background & Aims Only limited information is available on the usefulness of the
waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) as an abdominal obesity marker in children. Our aim was to …

The present study investigates the relationship between the consumption of ultra-processed
foods (UPF) and anthropometric indices of body composition in adults and seniors living in …

Background As an indicator of abdominal obesity, waist circumference (WC) varied with race
and gender in diagnosing metabolic syndrome (MetS). Therefore, it is clinically important to …

Background Since both genomic and environmental factors are involved in obesity etiology,
several studies about the influence of adiposity on both nuclear DNA and mitochondrial …

ABSTRACT Objective Matrix Gla protein (MGP) is a potent calcification inhibitor. Mgp-/-mice
display increased proportion of brown adipose tissue. However, whether MGP is involved in …

Aims The clinical utility of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in predicting cardiometabolic risk
factors (CMRFs) and subclinical markers of cardiovascular disease remains controversial …