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..Further investigation of this topic should prove fruitful in shedding light onto the determinants of body fat accumulation and distribution that may help to inform obesity prevention and treatment strategies...

..Higher levels of risk factors for CVD in South Asians are predominantly because of the unique phenotype of South Asians having greater VAT than Europeans even at the same BMI...

..039) and percent daily calories from fat (0.4 ± 0.2%, P = 0.064). Our findings suggest that the FTO rs9939609 minor allele may be associated with dietary intake in adults and is positively associated with regional fat deposition...

..The objective for this study is to explore changes in food patterns, and levels of awareness and knowledge of healthy nutrition by length of residence among Chinese immigrants to Canada...

..Previous studies have not adequately investigated differences in discrete regions of abdominal adiposity across ethnic groups...

..To compare the prediction of percentage body fat using BMI and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) using waist circumference (WC) in individuals of Chinese, European, and South Asian origin...

..We hypothesized that VAT is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis...

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..We hypothesized that a modest risk factor and lifestyle management intervention after a CRP would significantly reduce overall cardiovascular risk using the Framingham risk score compared with usual care after 4 years...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the independent association of time since immigration with sub-clinical atherosclerosis in immigrants of Chinese, European and South Asian origin...

..Future studies are needed to address the methodological limitations of the current literature...

..Patients living outside of urban centres do not have access to the same level of care as patients in cities. The use of the Internet has been suggested as a possible resolution to this geographic inequity...

..The purpose of the study is to compare the relationship between visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and total body fat in men and women of Aboriginal, Chinese, and South Asian origin with a similar group of men and women of European origin...

..Body fat distribution varies among different ethnic groups, yet less is known regarding differences in lean mass and how this may affect insulin resistance...

..We report the results of a one-year Extensive Lifestyle Management Intervention (ELMI) aimed at preventing these adverse changes...

..We compared the risk of cardiovascular disease among Canadian Aboriginal and European populations using the current thresholds for body mass index and waist circumference...

..The relationship between BMI or WC and risk factors is such that men and women of South Asian descent present with a more adverse risk profile than those of European descent at the same BMI and/or WC...

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..Therefore, ethnic background should be considered when using WC as a marker of cardiovascular risk...

..Gender significantly modified the relationship between CRP and WC. At a WC beyond 70 cm, CRP levels increased at a greater rate in women than men...

..Ethnic background (Asian compared to European) is a significant modifier of the relationship between FERHDL and waist circumference...

..The degree to which physical activity is effective at lowering risk factor levels among high-risk obese individuals is not known...

..The high user acceptance indicated that this program may have the potential to effectively manage patients who do not have access to traditional hospital-based CRP...

..This may help resolve issues surrounding inaccurate determination of adiposity in South Asians, and consequently provide better estimations of disease risk...

..However, further investigation is warranted in a larger study population...

..Diastolic blood pressure was decreased significantly in the UC group. The study identified the challenges of lifestyle intervention and found that favorable risk factor modifications are possible for patients who have completed a CRP...

..To determine reference intervals for bioavailable testosterone for the Siemens Centaur analyzer and to assess the need for ethnicity-specific ranges for total testosterone and/or bioavailable testosterone in South Asians...

..6. The principles of current Canadian recommendations for the assessment and treatment of atherosclerosis are outlined; they are based on knowledge gained from both basic and clinical research of atherosclerosis...

..Stairwells in buildings present an opportunity to increase physical activity in the workplace. We characterized the stairwell accessibility in business buildings in the downtown core of Vancouver...

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