Obesity - Diagnosis
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Healthy obese subjects. Is weight loss treatment indicated?]

17 Oct 2009 Recent studies have shown that about 20% of obese subjects are metabolically healthy with no increased risk for development of cardio-vascular disease or type 2 diabetes. This group is characterized by normal metabolic parameters (do not have ... Read more...

Harmonizing the metabolic syndrome: a joint interim statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity.

3 Oct 2009 A cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, which occur together more often than by chance alone, have become known as the metabolic syndrome. The risk factors include raised blood pressure, dyslipidemia ... Read more...

The relationship between body mass index and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in chronic systolic heart failure.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) in patients with systolic heart failure (HF) is important for determining HF prognosis and helping guide timing of heart transplantation. Although approximately 20% to 30% of patients with HF are ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Obesity - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Healthy obese subjects. Is weight loss treatment indicated?] 17 Oct 2009
• [Measurement of body mass index and waist and hip circumference in adults] 17 Oct 2009
• [Obesity and health risk--what shall we measure?] 17 Oct 2009
• Harmonizing the metabolic syndrome: a joint interim statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity. 3 Oct 2009
• The relationship between body mass index and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in chronic systolic heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Screening for obstructive sleep apnea on the internet: randomized trial. 29 Sep 2009
• Relation of obesity to heart failure hospitalization and cardiovascular events in persons with stable coronary heart disease (from the Heart and Soul Study). 29 Sep 2009
• Modeling the effects of obesity and weight gain on PSA velocity. 29 Sep 2009
• Ghrelin restores the endothelin 1/nitric oxide balance in patients with obesity-related metabolic syndrome. 26 Sep 2009
• Obesity and treadmill exercise duration in Hazmat candidates. 30 Aug 2009
• Restraint, hunger, and disinhibition following treatment for binge-eating disorder. 30 Aug 2009
• The use of BMI in the clinical setting. 30 Aug 2009
• Challenges of accurately measuring and using BMI and other indicators of obesity in children. 30 Aug 2009
• Introduction to issues and implications of screening, surveillance, and reporting of children's BMI. 30 Aug 2009
• Growth curves for cardio-metabolic risk factors in children and adolescents. 30 Aug 2009
• Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and the surgical patient. 30 Aug 2009
• Cardiovascular and metabolic predictors of progression of prehypertension into hypertension: the Strong Heart Study. 29 Aug 2009
• [Self management in chronically ill adolescents: development of a short questionnaire] 15 Aug 2009
• Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and the implications for bariatric surgery. 30 Jul 2009
• Body mass index and weight distribution. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Obesity'

Definition: A status with BODY WEIGHT that is grossly above the acceptable or desirable weight, usually due to accumulation of excess FATS in the body. The standards may vary with age, sex, genetic or cultural background. In the BODY MASS INDEX, a BMI greater than 30.0 kg/m2 is considered obese, and a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2 is considered morbidly obese (MORBID OBESITY).

Descriptor UI: D009765

Alternative terms: Obesity;

Related Mesh Headings: Appetite Depressants; Body Weight; Diet, Reducing; Skinfold Thickness; Lipectomy; Anti-Obesity Agents; Bariatrics;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C18.654.726.500; C23.888.144.699.500; E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500; G07.100.100.160.120.699.500;

Technical Notes: OBESITY, MORBID is also available; obese hyperglycemic mice are indexed MICE, OBESE: do not add OBESITY or HYPERGLYCEMIA unless disease particularly discussed