Raised blood pressure (BP) is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. Yet, its
global prevalence is increasing, and it remains poorly detected, treated, and controlled in …

Obesity has been associated with a multitude of metabolic disorders, often clustering with
risk factors of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension …

Aims To assess whether overweight and obesity are independently associated with
cardiometabolic health [as categorized based on the presence/absence of cardiovascular …

Obesity is associated with an increased cardiometabolic risk, but some individuals maintain
metabolically healthy obesity (MHO). The aims were to follow a cohort of black South African …

Purpose Changes in transition from metabolically healthy overweight/obesity (MHO) to
metabolically unhealthy overweight/obesity (MUO) are associated with the risk for …

It has not. This failure has for a large part been because of a loss of perceived value of
diabetic retinopathy as a marker of systemic microvascular status. The “Screen for life” …

The aim of this best practices report is to establish where and how national obesity
strategies have been successfully implemented, with the emphasis on key success factors …