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Visceral adiposity: a key driver of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Liver fat accumulation/non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a highly prevalent condition and has become a major cause of liver failure. Imaging studies have shown that excess liver fat is frequently accompanied by an excess of abdominal visceral adipose tissue. Excess visceral adiposity is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular … Continued
Could you discuss the issue of beverages in diet?
Expert opinion by Benoît Lamarche, PhD, FAHA, Professor, Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
Slide Library: Global Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sale Barometer
The European Healthy Lifestyle Alliance (EHLA) and Benoit Arsenault, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Centre de recherche de l’IUCPQ, Québec, QC, Canada
Webcast: Ectopic fat and cardiometabolic health: an update
This video presents a discussion on ectopic fat depots by three experts in this area, Dr. Ulf Smith from Sweden, Dr. Marja-Riitta Taskinen from Finland and Dr. Michael Jensen from United States. Dr. Smith introduces the notion of ectopic fat by raising the issue that BMI is not the best measurement to assess individual risk … Continued
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Update on the management of obesity in cardiovascular practice
Special issue on metabolic syndrome
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Validation and comparison of two dietary indexes for predicting nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in US adults.
J Nutr. 2023;152:2865-2876Associations of biomarker-calibrated healthy eating index-2010 scores with chronic disease risk and their dependency on energy intake and body mass index in postmenopausal women.
J Nutr. 2023;152:2808-2817BMI-adjusted adipose tissue volumes exhibit depot-specific and divergent associations with cardiometabolic diseases.
Nat Commun. 2023;14:266Social determinants of cardiovascular health: a longitudinal analysis of cardiovascular disease mortality in US counties from 2009 to 2018.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2023;12:e027684Recent Contributions

Visceral adiposity: a key driver of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Liver fat accumulation/non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a highly prevalent condition and has become a major cause of liver failure. Imaging studies have shown that excess liver fat is frequently accompanied by an excess of abdominal visceral adipose tissue. Excess visceral adiposity is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular … Continued

Eat well and move: another success story!
Being physically active and having a high-quality dietary pattern are two key features of our lifestyle associated with a healthier cardiometabolic risk profile, contributing to longer and healthier lives. However, beyond their individual influence on cardiometabolic risk, what about the mortality risk associated with these two important markers of our lifestyle when they are simultaneously … Continued

NAFLD and cardiometabolic outcomes: contribution of excess visceral adiposity
Many studies worldwide have reported a close relationship between a high-risk obesity pattern, visceral obesity, and an altered cardiometabolic risk profile beyond total adiposity. Moreover, excess visceral adiposity is a significant risk factor for both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), another prevalent condition frequently observed among patients with … Continued

Cardiovascular health: Sleep well, live well!
In 2010, the American Heart Association (AHA) introduced the concept of Life’s Simple 7 to define ideal cardiovascular health. This proposal was a major paradigm shift, which moved the focus from cardiovascular disease risk management to the promotion of cardiovascular health. Among the Life’s Simple 7’s criteria, we find not only biological risk factors (healthy … Continued