Metabolic syndrome comprises a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, altered
glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, and abdominal obesity) that occur in obese children …

Rates of fructose consumption continue to rise nationwide and have been linked to rising
rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Because obesity has been …

The increased recognition that the worldwide increase in incidence of obesity is due to a
positive energy balance has lead to a focus on lifestyle choices that may contribute to …

Despite a lack of consistent diagnostic criteria, the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is
increasingly evident in children and adolescents, portending a tsunami of chronic disease …

Abstract What do the Atkins Diet and the traditional Japanese diet have in common? The
Atkins Diet is low in carbohydrate and usually high in fat; the Japanese diet is high in …

Drug use and abuse is perhaps the biggest challenge facing sport today. However, in the
eye of the storm of public and press opinion and with medals and morals at stake, it can be …

Background: Chronic alcohol misuse is associated with alcoholic myopathy, characterized
by skeletal muscle weakness and atrophy. Moreover, there is evidence that sports-related …

Alcohol consumption within elite sport has been continually reported both anecdotally within
the media and quantitatively in the literature. The detrimental effects of alcohol on human …

This paper investigates the relationship between adolescent sport participation and alcohol
use, focusing on differences in sport contexts. We also include the wider social context, the …

People with alcohol use disorder (AUD) are at an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases
(CVD). Physical fitness is a predictor of CVD and premature mortality. Currently, no existing …