Childhood obesity in developing countries: epidemiology, determinants, and prevention

N Gupta, K Goel, P Shah, A Misra - Endocrine reviews, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Rapidly changing dietary practices and a sedentary lifestyle have led to increasing
prevalence of childhood obesity (5–19 yr) in developing countries recently: 41.8% in Mexico …

Migration and its impact on adiposity and type 2 diabetes

A Misra, OP Ganda - Nutrition, 2007 - Elsevier
In this review, we discuss the impact of migration on the incidence and prevalence of obesity
and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in different ethnic groups and populations. We also …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Iran and its relationship with gender, urbanisation, education, marital status and occupation

M Azimi-Nezhad, M Ghayour-Mobarhan… - Singapore medical …, 2008 - smj.org.sg
Introduction: We investigated the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its relationship
between gender, urbanisation, education, marital status and occupation in the Iranian …

[PDF][PDF] Childhood obesity in Asian Indians: a burgeoning cause of insulin resistance, diabetes and sub-clinical inflammation

S Bhardwaj, A Misra, L Khurana, S Gulati… - Asia Pac J Clin …, 2008 - academia.edu
Recent data indicate a rise in obesity both in children and adolescents in developing
countries. The overall prevalence of overweight/obesity in urban children in New Delhi has …

[HTML][HTML] A study of growth parameters and prevalence of overweight and obesity in school children from Delhi

RK Marwaha, N Tandon, Y Singh, R Aggarwal… - Indian …, 2006 - indianpediatrics.net
Objectives:(1) To assess the height, weight and body mass index (BMI) of school children
from Delhi and generate percentile charts as appropriate for age, gender and socio …

Childhood obesity and the metabolic syndrome in developing countries

N Gupta, P Shah, S Nayyar, A Misra - The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2013 - Springer
Rapidly changing dietary practices accompanied by an increasingly sedentary lifestyle
predispose to nutrition-related non-communicable diseases, including childhood obesity …

[HTML][HTML] Non-alcohol fatty liver disease in Asia: Prevention and planning

S Ashtari, MA Pourhoseingholi… - World journal of hepatology, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To review all of epidemiological aspects of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
and also prevent this disease is examined. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review …

Gender differences and clustering pattern of behavioural risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases: community-based study from a developing country

AK Khuwaja, MM Kadir - Chronic illness, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: This study estimates the burden of behavioural risk factors for chronic non-
communicable diseases (CNDs) to evaluate the degree of clustering and the differential of …

[PDF][PDF] Insulin sensitivity and cardiac autonomic function in young male practitioners of yoga

MS Chaya, G Ramakrishnan, S Shastry… - Natl Med J …, 2008 - indiaenvironmentportal.org.in
Background. While yoga is thought to reduce the risk of chronic non-communicable
diseases such as diabetes, there are no studies on insulin sensitivity in long term …

Clinical profile and complications of childhood-and adolescent-onset type 2 diabetes seen at a diabetes center in south India

A Amutha, M Datta, R Unnikrishnan… - Diabetes technology …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Objective: This study describes the clinical characteristics of childhood-and adolescent-
onset type 2 diabetes mellitus (CAT2DM) seen at a diabetes center in southern India …