Obesity and cardiovascular disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

TM Powell-Wiley, P Poirier, LE Burke, JP Després… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
The global obesity epidemic is well established, with increases in obesity prevalence for
most countries since the 1980s. Obesity contributes directly to incident cardiovascular risk …

Obesity phenotypes, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases

ME Piché, A Tchernof, JP Després - Circulation research, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
This review addresses the interplay between obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and
cardiovascular diseases. It is proposed that obesity, generally defined by an excess of body …

[HTML][HTML] Excess body weight: Novel insights into its roles in obesity comorbidities

X Zhang, S Ha, HCH Lau, J Yu - Seminars in cancer biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Excess body weight is a global health problem due to sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy diet,
affecting 2 billion population worldwide. Obesity is a major risk factor for metabolic diseases …

Obesity, kidney dysfunction and hypertension: mechanistic links

JE Hall, JM do Carmo, AA da Silva, Z Wang… - Nature reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Excessive adiposity raises blood pressure and accounts for 65–75% of primary
hypertension, which is a major driver of cardiovascular and kidney diseases. In obesity …

Obesity in the critically ill: a narrative review

M Schetz, A De Jong, AM Deane, W Druml… - Intensive care …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The World Health Organization defines overweight and obesity as the condition
where excess or abnormal fat accumulation increases risks to health. The prevalence of …

Obesity paradox in cardiovascular disease: where do we stand?

S Carbone, JM Canada, HE Billingsley… - Vascular health and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD),
particularly heart failure (HF) and coronary heart disease (CHD). The mechanisms through …

Obesity, risk of diabetes and role of physical activity, exercise training and cardiorespiratory fitness

S Carbone, MG Del Buono, C Ozemek… - Progress in cardiovascular …, 2019 - Elsevier
The epidemic of obesity contributes to the burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the
United States and worldwide. Importantly, obesity is not only preventable but can be treated …

Anthropometric measures and adverse outcomes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: revisiting the obesity paradox

JH Butt, MC Petrie, PS Jhund, N Sattar… - European heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Although body mass index (BMI) is the most commonly used anthropometric measure,
newer indices such as the waist-to-height ratio, better reflect the location and amount of …

Relevance of body composition in phenotyping the obesities

L Salmón-Gómez, V Catalán, G Frühbeck… - Reviews in Endocrine …, 2023 - Springer
Obesity is the most extended metabolic alteration worldwide increasing the risk for the
development of cardiometabolic alterations such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and …

Trends in the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity among Chinese adults between 1993 and 2015

S Ma, B Xi, L Yang, J Sun, M Zhao… - International journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Background Most previous studies on trends in the prevalence of obesity or abdominal
obesity in Chinese adults were based on regional data and/or short time intervals, and …