Sentences with phrase «abdominal obesity well»

«The data suggest that childhood adversity places stress on the endocrine system, leading to impairment of important hormones that can contribute to abdominal obesity well into adulthood.»

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A patient is considered to have metabolic syndrome if he or she has at least two of the following conditions: abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low levels of «good» cholesterol, and high levels of triglycerides.
«It's abdominal obesity, and even more specifically, levels of a protein called fibroblast growth factor - 2 that may be a better indicator of the risk of cells becoming cancerous.»
In older populations, abdominal obesity assessed by waist circumference22 - 24 has been a better mortality predictor than BMI.
Inflammation is a well - known precursor to metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors — including high blood pressure, high blood sugar, abdominal fat, and unhealthy cholesterol levels — that can trigger obesity and type 2 diabetes.
A recent study by Roland Rosmond and Per Bjourntorp found that stress - related cortisol secretion in men is strongly associated with abnormalities in glucose, insulin and lipid metabolism as well as abdominal obesity.
Originally, Syndrome X was defined by four characteristics: (1) abdominal obesity, (2) elevated levels of triglycerides and low levels of high - density lipoproteins (HDL, or the «good» cholesterol), (3) hypertension, and (4) insulin resistance.
Besides general weight gain, insulin resistance is associated with abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, and low HDL («good cholesterol»).
Good dietary management should be able to prevent the known link between artificial sweeteners and abdominal obesity from occurring.
The diagnosis of metabolic syndrome, a precursor to type 2 diabetes, occurs when a person has three out of five of the following disorders that affect metabolism: high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high triglycerides, low levels of good cholesterol and abdominal obesity.
«Insulin resistance syndrome» refers to a combination of risk factors for type 2 diabetes, including chronically elevated insulin levels, low HDL («good») cholesterol, abdominal obesity and high blood pressure.
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of at least three of five of the following: abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high triglycerides and low «good cholesterol» levels.
Unexpectedly, participants in the highest tertile of sweet food / beverage intake had the highest prevalence of normal weight and lowest prevalence of overweight and obesity as well as the lowest prevalence of abdominal obesity in men (both P = 0.002; not depicted).
To obtain objective data concerning student progress, Namaste partners with the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) to measure the children's height, weight, abdominal circumference, and blood pressure as well as their knowledge of and attitude toward physical activity and nutrition.
The researchers found that greater participation in caring for country activities was «associated with more frequent exercise and bush food consumption and with better health on most clinical outcomes», for example, a lower Body Mass Index, less abdominal obesity, less diabetes and lower blood pressure.
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