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Dose-response effects of exercise on abdominal obesity and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adults: study rationale, design and methodsRobert Ross
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Contemp Clin Trials 34:155-60. 2013....- Trial of prevention and reduction of obesity through active living in clinical settings: a randomized controlled trialRobert Ross
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, 28 Division St, Queen s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Arch Intern Med 172:414-24. 2012..The efficacy of physical activity with a healthful diet to reduce obesity is established; however, little is known about the translation of effective lifestyle strategies for obesity reduction in primary care settings... 
Does the relationship between waist circumference, morbidity and mortality depend on measurement protocol for waist circumference?R Ross
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Obes Rev 9:312-25. 2008..Our findings suggest that WC measurement protocol has no substantial influence on the association between WC, all-cause and CVD mortality, CVD and diabetes...
Is weight loss the optimal target for obesity-related cardiovascular disease risk reduction?Robert Ross
Department of Medicine, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario
Can J Cardiol 24:25D-31D. 2008..Failure to recognize the benefits of exercise independent of weight loss masks opportunities to counsel and educate patients whose sole criteria for gauging obesity reduction success is the bathroom scale...- Prevention and Reduction of Obesity through Active Living (PROACTIVE): rationale, design and methodsR Ross
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, 69 Union Street, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
Br J Sports Med 43:57-63. 2009..The purpose of this report is to present and discuss the rationale, design and methods of PROACTIVE... - The future of obesity reduction: beyond weight lossRobert Ross
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Nat Rev Endocrinol 5:319-25. 2009..Clinicians could encourage positive lifestyle changes in their patients by counseling them that obesity and its associated health risks can be reduced in response to an increase in physical activity with or without weight loss... - Abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, and the metabolic syndrome: contribution of physical activity/exerciseRobert Ross
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:S1-2. 2009.... - Incidental physical activity is positively associated with cardiorespiratory fitnessK Ashlee McGuire
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 43:2189-94. 2011..The primary aim was to determine whether incidental physical activity (IPA), expressed either as duration or intensity, was associated with cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)... - Reduction in obesity and related comorbid conditions after diet-induced weight loss or exercise-induced weight loss in men. A randomized, controlled trialR Ross
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Ann Intern Med 133:92-103. 2000..The effects of exercise without weight loss on fat distribution and other risk factors are also unclear... - Response of total and regional lean tissue and skeletal muscle to a program of energy restriction and resistance exerciseR Ross
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 19:781-7. 1995.... - Effects of an energy-restrictive diet with or without exercise on abdominal fat, intermuscular fat, and metabolic risk factors in obese womenIan Janssen
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Diabetes Care 25:431-8. 2002..The improvement in the metabolic profile was not enhanced by the addition of aerobic or resistance exercise. The findings reinforce the importance of diminished visceral fat in the treatment of insulin resistance... - Physical activity, total and regional obesity: dose-response considerationsR Ross
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Ontario, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 33:S521-7; discussion S528-9. 2001..This review was undertaken to determine whether exercise-induced weight loss was associated with corresponding reductions in total, abdominal, and visceral fat in a dose-response manner... - Exercise alone is an effective strategy for reducing obesity and related comorbiditiesR Ross
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Exerc Sport Sci Rev 28:165-70. 2000..Recent evidence counters the dogma that daily exercise produces only modest weight loss and suggests that exercise without diet restriction is an effective strategy for reducing obesity and related co-morbidities... - Plasma leptin in moderately obese men: independent effects of weight loss and aerobic exerciseF S Thong
Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 279:E307-13. 2000..We conclude that reduction in adipose tissue after weight loss results in a collateral decrease in circulating leptin, and exercise, independent of its effects on weight loss, has no profound influence on leptin secretion... - Is abdominal fat preferentially reduced in response to exercise-induced weight loss?R Ross
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 31:S568-72. 1999..This review was undertaken to clarify whether abdominal fat is preferentially reduced consequent to weight loss induced by regular exercise... - Fitness alters the associations of BMI and waist circumference with total and abdominal fatIan Janssen
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Obes Res 12:525-37. 2004..DISCUSSION: These findings suggest that a reduction in total adiposity and abdominal fat may be a means by which CRF attenuates the health risk attributable to obesity as determined by BMI and WC... - Whole-body skeletal muscle mass is not related to glucose tolerance or insulin sensitivity in overweight and obese men and womenJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 33:769-74. 2008.... - Waist circumference and not body mass index explains obesity-related health riskIan Janssen
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Am J Clin Nutr 79:379-84. 2004..Thus, for a given WC value, overweight and obese persons and normal-weight persons have comparable health risks. However, when WC is dichotomized as normal or high, BMI remains a significant predictor of health risk... - Liver fat is not a marker of metabolic risk in lean premenopausal womenJennifer L Kuk
School of Physical and Health Education, Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Metabolism 53:1066-71. 2004..Conversely, both visceral and the deep subcutaneous depot are determinants of metabolic risk in premenopausal woman despite the absence of obesity... - Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with diminished total and abdominal obesity independent of body mass indexR Ross
School of Physical and Health Edcuation, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 27:204-10. 2003.... - Caffeine ingestion is associated with reductions in glucose uptake independent of obesity and type 2 diabetes before and after exercise trainingSoJung Lee
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6
Diabetes Care 28:566-72. 2005..10). CONCLUSIONS: Caffeine consumption is associated with a substantial reduction in insulin-mediated glucose uptake independent of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and chronic exercise... - Waist circumference and abdominal adipose tissue distribution: influence of age and sexJennifer L Kuk
School of Physical and Health Education and the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Am J Clin Nutr 81:1330-4. 2005..05) in men than in women. CONCLUSIONS: There are significant sex differences in TAAT, VAT, and ASAT for a given WC. Furthermore, the relation between WC and VAT is substantially influenced by age... - Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with lower abdominal fat independent of body mass indexSuzy L Wong
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:286-91. 2004..Accordingly, our observations reinforce the importance of regular physical activity in the prevention and reduction of obesity-related health risk independent of a corresponding reduction in body weight... - Cardiorespiratory fitness attenuates metabolic risk independent of abdominal subcutaneous and visceral fat in menSoJung Lee
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6
Diabetes Care 28:895-901. 2005..06). CONCLUSIONS: High levels of CRF are associated with a substantial reduction in health risk for a given level of visceral and subcutaneous fat... - Exercise without weight loss is an effective strategy for obesity reduction in obese individuals with and without Type 2 diabetesSoJung Lee
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's Univ, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
J Appl Physiol 99:1220-5. 2005..01) independent of groups. In conclusion, regular exercise without weight loss is associated with a substantial reduction in total and visceral fat and in skeletal muscle lipid in both obesity and T2D... - Association between dietary fat intake, liver fat, and insulin sensitivity in sedentary, abdominally obese, older menJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 33:239-45. 2008..In conclusion, liver fat is associated with dietary fat intake and alcohol consumption over 10 d, but not 1 d. Furthermore, dietary habits may influence the relationship between liver fat and insulin sensitivity... - Application of simple anthropometry in the assessment of health risk: implications for the Canadian Physical Activity, Fitness and Lifestyle AppraisalIan Janssen
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
Can J Appl Physiol 27:396-414. 2002..Consistent with this objective, when necessary we present original data to reinforce important concepts not suitably addressed in the literature... - Visceral fat and liver fat are independent predictors of metabolic risk factors in menThanh-Binh Nguyen-Duy
School of Physical and Health Education, Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 284:E1065-71. 2003..These observations reinforce the importance of visceral obesity in the pathogenesis of dyslipidemia in men, and they suggest that visceral AT and liver fat carry independent health risk... - Effects of diet- and exercise-induced weight loss on visceral adipose tissue in men and womenR Ross
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Sports Med 24:55-64. 1997.... - Advances in the application of imaging methods in applied and clinical physiologyR Ross
School of Physical and Health Education, Department of Medicine, Queen s University, K7L 3N6, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Acta Diabetol 40:S45-50. 2003..These recent advances in the use of CT and MRI in body composition research are discussed with a focus on clinical applications... - The importance of waist circumference in the definition of metabolic syndrome: prospective analyses of mortality in menPeter T Katzmarzyk
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Diabetes Care 29:404-9. 2006.... - Abdominal obesity, liver fat, and muscle composition in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaPeter M Janiszewski
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92:3816-21. 2007..Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) become obese, and are at increased risk for morbidity and mortality post therapy... - Body mass index and waist circumference independently contribute to the prediction of nonabdominal, abdominal subcutaneous, and visceral fatIan Janssen
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Am J Clin Nutr 75:683-8. 2002..These observations reinforce the importance of using both BMI and WC in clinical practice... - Physical activity in the treatment of obesity: beyond body weight reductionPeter M Janiszewski
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 32:512-22. 2007..Consideration is also given to the utility of physical activity with minimal or no weight loss in the treatment of obesity... - Body mass index is inversely related to mortality in older people after adjustment for waist circumferenceIan Janssen
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:2112-8. 2005..To examine the individual and combined influence of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) on mortality risk in older people... - Visceral fat is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in menJennifer L Kuk
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:336-41. 2006..93; 1.15 to 3.23) was a significant predictor of mortality. DISCUSSION: Visceral fat is a strong, independent predictor of all-cause mortality in men... - Metabolic syndrome, obesity, and mortality: impact of cardiorespiratory fitnessPeter T Katzmarzyk
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Diabetes Care 28:391-7. 2005..To determine in normal weight, overweight, and obese men the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality associated with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the influence of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)... - Abdominal obesity, muscle composition, and insulin resistance in premenopausal womenRobert Ross
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:5044-51. 2002..Subdivision of abdominal sc AT did not provide additional insight into the relationship between abdominal obesity and metabolic risk... - Discrimination of health risk by combined body mass index and waist circumferenceChristopher I Ardern
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Obes Res 11:135-42. 2003..DISCUSSION: In women already at increased health risk because of an elevated BMI, the additional measurement of WC may help identify cardiovascular risk... - Body mass index, waist circumference, and health risk: evidence in support of current National Institutes of Health guidelinesIan Janssen
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
Arch Intern Med 162:2074-9. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: The National Institutes of Health cutoff points for WC help to identify those at increased health risk within the normal-weight, overweight, and class I obese BMI categories... - Low relative skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia) in older persons is associated with functional impairment and physical disabilityIan Janssen
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:889-96. 2002..These observations provide strong support for the prevailing view that sarcopenia may be an important and potentially reversible cause of morbidity and mortality in older persons... - Abdominal adiposity and insulin resistance in obese menRobert Ross
School of Physical and Health Education, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 282:E657-63. 2002..Subdivision of visceral and abdominal subcutaneous AT by MRI did not provide additional insight into the relationship between abdominal obesity and metabolic risk in obese men... - Skeletal muscle cutpoints associated with elevated physical disability risk in older men and womenIan Janssen
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Am J Epidemiol 159:413-21. 2004.... - Interindividual variation in abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue: influence of measurement siteSoJung Lee
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
J Appl Physiol 97:948-54. 2004..However, the ability to predict SAT and VAT mass by using single images obtained at the L4-L5, L4-L5 +5 cm, or L3-L4 levels is comparable... - Exercise-induced reduction in obesity and insulin resistance in women: a randomized controlled trialRobert Ross
School of Physical and Health Education, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Obes Res 12:789-98. 2004..To determine the effects of equivalent diet- or exercise-induced weight loss and exercise without weight loss on subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, and insulin sensitivity in obese women... - Is the reduction of lower-body subcutaneous adipose tissue associated with elevations in risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease?P M Janiszewski
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 3N6
Diabetologia 51:1475-82. 2008.... - Relation between whole-body and regional measures of human skeletal muscleSo Jung Lee
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Am J Clin Nutr 80:1215-21. 2004..70, SEE = 8.7%). CONCLUSION: Although thigh measures of SM are better predictors of whole-body SM, a single image within the abdomen routinely used to estimate abdominal fat may also be a useful marker of whole-body SM... - Development of health-related waist circumference thresholds within BMI categoriesChris I Ardern
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
Obes Res 12:1094-103. 2004..In normal weight, overweight, obese I, and obese II+ patients, WC cut-offs of 90, 100, 110, and 125 cm in men and 80, 90, 105, and 115 cm in women, respectively, can be used to identify those at increased risk... - Abdominal obesity and physical inactivity are associated with erectile dysfunction independent of body mass indexPeter M Janiszewski
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
J Sex Med 6:1990-8. 2009..Erectile dysfunction (ED) is common among men with an elevated body mass index (BMI). However, a high waist circumference (WC) and low levels of physical activity may predict ED independently of BMI... - Independent associations between liver fat, visceral adipose tissue, and metabolic risk factors in menKathleen P McMillan
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 32:265-72. 2007..Both liver fat and visceral AT were associated with metabolic risk in men. However, when controlled for each other, visceral AT was the only independent associate of metabolic risk... - Breast volume is an independent predictor of visceral and ectopic fat in premenopausal womenPeter M Janiszewski
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1183-7. 2010..Thus, the previously documented association between breast size and type 2 diabetes risk may be in part explained by excess VAT and/or IMAT deposition... - Measurement site and the association between visceral and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue with metabolic risk in womenJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1336-40. 2010..Thus, there is not enough evidence to support changing the current research practice of assessing VAT volume or at L4-L5 for the prediction of metabolic risk... - Body mass index and hip and thigh circumferences are negatively associated with visceral adipose tissue after control for waist circumferenceJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Am J Clin Nutr 85:1540-4. 2007.... - Abdominal adipose tissue distribution and metabolic riskSuzy Wong
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Sports Med 33:709-26. 2003..When necessary, we present original data to reinforce important concepts not suitably addressed in the literature. We conclude with a consideration of proposed mechanisms that may link abdominal adiposity and metabolic risk... - Ability of physical activity to predict cardiovascular disease beyond commonly evaluated cardiometabolic risk factorsK Ashlee McGuire
Queen s University School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Am J Cardiol 104:1522-6. 2009..In conclusion, PA was associated with CVD, independent of the common cardiometabolic risk factors, in men and women. The association between PA and CVD risk was not mediated by the measured cardiometabolic risk factors... - Associations of the limb fat to trunk fat ratio with markers of cardiometabolic risk in elderly men and womenTravis J Saunders
Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:1066-70. 2009..The ratio of limb fat to trunk fat (LF/TF) is associated with markers of cardiometabolic risk in elderly men and women. It is unknown if LF/TF is associated with cardiometabolic risk beyond that explained by LF and TF independently... - Magnetic resonance imaging in human body composition research. From quantitative to qualitative tissue measurementR Ross
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Ann N Y Acad Sci 904:12-7. 2000.... - Influence of sex on total and regional fat loss in overweight and obese men and womenJ L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Faculty of Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Int J Obes (Lond) 33:629-34. 2009.... - Effects of exercise modality on insulin resistance and functional limitation in older adults: a randomized controlled trialLance E Davidson
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Arch Intern Med 169:122-31. 2009..However, the incremental effects of combined resistance and aerobic exercise compared with either modality alone on risk factors for disease and disability is generally unknown... - The utility of physical activity in the management of global cardiometabolic riskPeter M Janiszewski
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:S3-S14. 2009..Where possible, specific consideration is given to the independent effects of an acute bout of physical activity vs. chronic physical activity with weight loss vs. chronic physical activity without weight loss... - Effects of weight loss among metabolically healthy obese men and womenPeter M Janiszewski
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Diabetes Care 33:1957-9. 2010..We studied the effects of exercise- or diet-induced weight loss on cardio-metabolic risk among MHO and metabolically abnormal obese (MAO) adults... - Duration of overweight and metabolic health risk in American men and womenIan Janssen
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, K7L 3N6, Ontario, Canada
Ann Epidemiol 14:585-91. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: The duration of overweight has a significant effect on obesity-related comorbidities in men and women... - Age-related changes in total and regional fat distributionJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ageing Res Rev 8:339-48. 2009..Consideration will also be given to the strengths and limitations associated with some of the anthropometric methodologies employed for assessing these changes... - Does measurement site for visceral and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue alter associations with the metabolic syndrome?Jennifer L Kuk
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
Diabetes Care 29:679-84. 2006.... - Protocol for measurement of liver fat by computed tomographyLance E Davidson
School of Physical and Health Education, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Queen's Univ, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
J Appl Physiol 100:864-8. 2006..0 HU for liver and <3.5 HU for spleen. Acquisition of a single CT image at the T12-L1 level is a practical and reliable method for routine measurement of liver fat in research and clinical settings... - Does waist circumference predict diabetes and cardiovascular disease beyond commonly evaluated cardiometabolic risk factors?Peter M Janiszewski
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6
Diabetes Care 30:3105-9. 2007..In response, we sought to determine whether WC predicts diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) beyond that explained by BMI and commonly obtained cardiometabolic risk factors including blood pressure, lipoproteins, and glucose... - Combination of BMI and Waist Circumference for Identifying Cardiovascular Risk Factors in WhitesShankuan Zhu
New York Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center and Institute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA
Obes Res 12:633-45. 2004..The present study sought to identify the combination of BMI and WC that has the strongest association with CVD risk factors in whites... - Dose-dependent effects of testosterone on regional adipose tissue distribution in healthy young menLinda J Woodhouse
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California 90059, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:718-26. 2004..Conversely, elevating testosterone concentrations above baseline induces a greater loss of AT from the smaller, deeper intermuscular stores of the thigh... - Association of cardiorespiratory fitness, body mass index, and waist circumference to nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseTimothy S Church
The Cooper Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA
Gastroenterology 130:2023-30. 2006..001 to .22). CONCLUSIONS: Fitness (inversely) and BMI (directly) were associated with the prevalence of NAFLD. However, these associations were attenuated when abdominal obesity was included in the statistical model... - Weight loss strategies for obese adults: personalized weight management program vs. standard careNuala M Byrne
School of Human Movement Studies, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Q4059 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1777-88. 2006.... - An exercise intervention without weight loss decreases circulating interleukin-6 in lean and obese men with and without type 2 diabetes mellitusMark J Dekker
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Metabolism 56:332-8. 2007.... - Skeletal muscle lipid concentration quantified by magnetic resonance imagingBret H Goodpaster
Department of Medicine, 809 North MUH, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 79:748-54. 2004..Skeletal muscle lipid is associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes and may be altered by diet, physical activity, and weight loss... - Independent and opposite associations of hip and waist circumference with metabolic syndrome components and with inflammatory and atherothrombotic risk factors in overweight and obese womenPaulo M Rocha
Exercise and Health Laboratory, Faculty of Human Movement, Technical University of Lisbon, Estrada da Costa, 1495 688 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal
Metabolism 57:1315-22. 2008..Besides body mass index and WC screening relevance, HC can contribute to additionally predict health risk in overweight and obese women... - Can EGCG reduce abdominal fat in obese subjects?Alison M Hill
ATN Centre for Metabolic Fitness, School of Health Sciences University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
J Am Coll Nutr 26:396S-402S. 2007..To evaluate metabolic effects of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) supplementation when combined with a program of regular aerobic exercise in overweight/obese post-menopausal women... - Medium-chain triglycerides increase energy expenditure and decrease adiposity in overweight menMarie-Pierre St-Onge
School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
Obes Res 11:395-402. 2003..Thus, MCTs may be considered as agents that aid in the prevention of obesity or potentially stimulate weight loss... - The relationship between cardiometabolic and hemostatic variables: influence of raceArlette Perry
Laboratory of Clinical and Applied Physiology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA
Metabolism 57:200-6. 2008..Our findings indicated the t-PA/PAI-1 complex to be the most global indicator of health risk in both WA and AA overweight/obese women... - Does exercise without weight loss improve insulin sensitivity?Robert Ross
Diabetes Care 26:944-5. 2003 - Adipose tissue quantification by imaging methods: a proposed classificationWei Shen
Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, USA
Obes Res 11:5-16. 2003..This analysis leads us to propose an updated classification of total body and regional adipose tissue, providing a well-defined basis for correlating imaging studies of specific adipose tissue depots with molecular processes... - Behavioral risk factors in relation to visceral adipose tissue deposition in adolescent femalesAviva Must
Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Int J Pediatr Obes 3:28-36. 2008..To characterize visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAAT) deposition in girls over the pubertal period and to assess the influence of behavioral risk factors on their deposition... - Exercise in pregnancy and the postpartum periodGregory A L Davies
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 25:516-29. 2003..SPONSORS: This guideline has been jointly sponsored by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology...