The prevalence of obesity has reached pandemic proportions, and now approximately 25%
of adults in Westernized countries have obesity. Recognized as a major health concern …

UK Biobank is a population-based cohort of half a million participants aged 40–69 years
recruited between 2006 and 2010. In 2014, UK Biobank started the world's largest multi …

Findings from epidemiological studies over the past 30 years have shown that visceral
adipose tissue, accurately measured by CT or MRI, is an independent risk marker of …

An increase in fat mass is considered to be an important risk factor for the worldwide
increase in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, for a given fat mass, there …

For any given body mass index (BMI), individuals vary substantially in fat distribution, and
this variation may have important implications for cardiometabolic risk. Here, we study …

Background & Aims Fatty liver disease (FLD) is a growing epidemic that is expected to be
the leading cause of end-stage liver disease within the next decade. Both environmental …

Assessment of a low skeletal muscle mass (SM) is important for diagnosis of ageing and
disease-associated sarcopenia and is hindered by heterogeneous methods and …

Preoperative nutrition status is an important determinant of surgical outcomes, yet
malnutrition assessment is not integrated into all surgical pathways. Given its importance …

Automated computed tomography (CT) scan segmentation (labelling of pixels according to
tissue type) is now possible. This technique is being adapted to achieve three‐dimensional …

Abstract Aims/hypothesis South Asians have a two-to fivefold higher risk of developing type
2 diabetes than those of white European descent. Greater central adiposity and storage of …