The American Heart Association requests that this document be cited as follows: Arnett DK,
Blumenthal RS, Albert MA, Buroker AB, Goldberger ZD, Hahn EJ, Himmelfarb CD, Khera A …

2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of
the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical …

Obesity is a complex multifactorial disease. The worldwide prevalence of overweight and
obesity has doubled since 1980 to an extent that nearly a third of the world's population is …

Background Global estimates of the effect of common modifiable risk factors on
cardiovascular disease and mortality are largely based on data from separate studies, using …

Objective Development of these guidelines is mandated by the American Association of
Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Board of Directors and the American College of …

Obesity is a major health crisis affecting over a third of the global population. This
multifactorial disease is regulated via interoceptive neural circuits in the brain, whose …

Obesity is the most extended metabolic alteration worldwide increasing the risk for the
development of cardiometabolic alterations such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and …

Obesity increases the risks of developing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and
degrades quality of life, ultimately increasing the risk of death. However, not all forms of …

Background Obesity, typically quantified in terms of Body Mass Index (BMI) exceeding
threshold values, is considered a leading cause of premature death worldwide. For given …

This paper reviews the health implications of obesity, sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity on
CVD and mortality in older adults and discusses the obesity paradox seen in patients with …