Besides measuring blood pressure and glucose levels, assessing the lipid spectrum is the
method most commonly used to identify individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease …

The endocannabinoid system is involved in a wide range of processes including the control
of energy acquisition and expenditure. Endocannabinoids and their receptors are present in …

Abstract The Princeton Consensus (Expert Panel) Conference is a multispecialty
collaborative tradition dedicated to optimizing sexual function and preserving cardiovascular …

Importance Younger individuals are experiencing a greater cumulative exposure to excess
adiposity over their lifetime. However, few studies have determined the consequences of …

Background Both abdominal obesity, defined as waist circumference (WC)≥ 102 cm for
men and WC≥ 88 cm for women and increased body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) are known to …

Measures of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference define general obesity and
abdominal obesity respectively. While high BMI has been established as a risk factor for …

Obesity and overweight are often defined by the body mass index (BMI), which associates
with metabolic and cardiovascular disease, and possibly with dementia as well as variations …

Background Obesity increases the risk of many diseases. However, there has been little
literature about the epidemiology of obesity classified by body mass index (BMI) or waist …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between patients' trust in their physician and self-
reported adoption of lifestyle modification behaviors and medication adherence for control of …

Background Central obesity is thought to be more pathogenic than overall obesity and
studies have shown that the association between waist circumference (WC) and mortality …