Documentation centre - My Healthy Waist

Key Publications August 13, 2010

Measurement site for waist circumference affects its accuracy as an index of visceral and abdominal subcutaneous fat in a Caucasian population.

J Nutr 2010;140:954-61

Bosy-Westphal A, Booke CA, Blöcker T, Kossel E, Goele K, Later W, Hitze B, Heller M, Glüer CC, Müller MJ

Abdominal Obesity/Body Fat Distribution Cardiometabolic Risk

Key Publications August 2, 2010

Triglycerides and small dense low density lipoprotein in the discrimination of coronary heart disease risk in South Asian populations.

Atherosclerosis 2010;209:579-84

Patel JV, Caslake MJ, Vyas A, Cruickshank JK, Prabhakaran D, Bhatnagar D, Reddy KS, Lip GY, Mackness MI, Hughes EA, Durrington PN

Cardiometabolic Risk Ethnicity Lipids/Lipoproteins

Key Publications July 19, 2010

Visceral Adiposity Index: a reliable indicator of visceral fat function associated with cardiometabolic risk.

Diabetes Care 2010;33:920-2

Amato MC, Giordano C, Galia M, Criscimanna A, Vitabile S, Midiri M, Galluzzo A, AlkaMeSy Study Group

Abdominal Obesity/Body Fat Distribution Cardiometabolic Risk Metabolic Syndrome

Key Publications July 6, 2010

Ethnic differences in the relationships of anthropometric measures to metabolic risk factors in Asian patients at risk of atherothrombosis: results from the REduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry.

Metabolism 2010;59:400-8

Wang TD, Goto S, Bhatt DL, Steg PG, Chan JC, Richard AJ, Liau CS, REACH Registry Investigators

Cardiometabolic Risk Ethnicity Obesity

Key Publications July 1, 2010

The effects of aerobic exercise on metabolic risk, insulin sensitivity and intrahepatic lipid in healthy older people from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study: a randomised controlled trial.

Diabetologia 2010;53:624-31

Finucane FM, Sharp SJ, Purslow LR, Horton K, Horton J, Savage DB, Brage S, Besson H, De Lucia Rolfe E, Sleigh A, Martin HJ, Aihie Sayer A, Cooper C, Ekelund U, Griffin SJ, Wareham NJ

Age Cardiometabolic Risk Physical Activity/Exercise

Key Publications June 25, 2010

A low carbohydrate Mediterranean diet improves cardiovascular risk factors and diabetes control among overweight patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a 1-year prospective randomized intervention study.

Diabetes Obes Metab 2010;12:204-9

Elhayany A, Lustman A, Abel R, Attal-Singer J, Vinker S

Cardiometabolic Risk Diabetes Nutrition

Key Publications June 22, 2010

The metabolic syndrome, its component risk factors, and progression of coronary atherosclerosis.

Arch Intern Med 2010;170:478-84

Bayturan O, Tuzcu EM, Lavoie A, Hu T, Wolski K, Schoenhagen P, Kapadia S, Nissen SE, Nicholls SJ

Cardiometabolic Risk Metabolic Syndrome

Slide Library June 17, 2010

Impact of obesity on cardiometabolic risk: will we lose the battle?

Richard Nesto, MD, FACC, FAHA, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Adipose Tissue Cardiometabolic Risk

Key Publications April 29, 2010

Impacts of visceral adipose tissue and subcutaneous adipose tissue on metabolic risk factors in middle-aged Japanese.

Obesity (Silver Spring) 2010;18:153-60

Oka R, Miura K, Sakurai M, Nakamura K, Yagi K, Miyamoto S, Moriuchi T, Mabuchi H, Koizumi J, Nomura H, Takeda Y, Inazu A, Nohara A, Kawashiri MA, Nagasawa S, Kobayashi J, Yamagishi M

Abdominal Obesity/Body Fat Distribution Cardiometabolic Risk Ethnicity

Key Publications April 20, 2010