chinese/obesity

OBJECTIVES. To investigate the demographic characteristics and insulin resistance in local overweight/obese Chinese children with and without acanthosis nigricans, and the associations of acanthosis nigricans with insulin resistance and other cardiometabolic co-morbidities. DESIGN. Case series with

OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE (1) to determine the prevalence of asymptomatic hepatic steatosis and presumed nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, in our local population of obese Chinese children referred for medical assessment; and (2) to assess the correlation between severity of ultrasonographic hepatic steatosis

This study investigated a possible association between early nutritional status during the famine, and the risk of overweight and obesity in adulthood in Chongqing Chinese population. The body weight, height, and BMI data were obtained from records of population (17,023) that had annual physical

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) for the treatment of obesity in ethnic Chinese in Hong Kong. METHODS Seventy consecutive Chinese patients (49 females; mean age 34.7+/-8.8 [range 18-56] years) received LSG for the

BACKGROUND The purpose of this paper was to report the prevalence of overweight/obesity by area, age, and gender in the year 2000 and to explore at what age adiposity rebound as measured by BMI occurs for Chinese children. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out among 262,738 children aged

The aim of this study was to investigate whether the eating behaviors of people at all-you-can-eat Chinese buffets differs depending upon their body mass. The resulting findings could confirm or disconfirm previous laboratory research that has been criticized for being artificial. METHODS Trained

OBJECTIVE The main objective was to examine the association between obesity and depressive symptoms among Chinese elderly in Hong Kong. METHODS Cross-sectional data on depressive symptoms and body mass index from 56 167 clients aged 65 or over who enrolled as members of Elderly Health Centres from

Four hundred and eighty four obese Chinese children who were defined obese by a relative weight of more than 120% of standard weight-for-height had their social status evaluated. The social class of each child was arbitrarily determined according to the father's occupation. The distribution of obese

OBJECTIVE To investigate a possible interrelationship between obesity and the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems of ethnic Chinese. METHODS The Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Two-Township Study, a longitudinal, prospective study in Taiwan, which focuses on the evolution of cardiovascular

The etiological role of obesity in determining diabetes risk among Asians may be different from that among Caucasians. The current study aimed to investigate the association between genetic predisposition to obesity and measures of insulin secretion and resistance in a large Chinese cohort. Study

China has experienced a transition from a history of undernutrition to a rapid increase in obesity. The China Health and Nutrition Survey, an ongoing longitudinal, household-based survey of urban and rural residents of nine provinces, documents these changes using measured height and weight across

OBJECTIVE We examined the connections (1) between the design of the built environment and walking, (2) between the design of the built environment and obesity, and (3) between walking and obesity and income in urban settings in China. METHODS Six neighborhoods with different built environment

OBJECTIVE A cross-sectional study design was utilized to examine factors associated with obesity in Chinese-American children. METHODS Chinese-American children (8 to 10 years old) and their mothers (N = 68) in California participated in the study. METHODS Mothers completed demographic information,