Sentences with phrase «for higher body mass index»

Another advantage of American National's underwriting is the more flexible health criteria for clients age 61 and above, allowing for higher body mass index (BMI), blood pressure readings and cholesterol ratios.

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The per capita cost of obesity and its related risk to diabetes was as high as $ 17,000 for people whose BMI (body mass index) was over 40 (morbid obesity) compared to those employees of normal weight.

Based on the body mass index scale — which some experts are wary of — people with BMI of 30 and higher account for about 33 percent of the adult population and about two - thirds of American adults are obese or overweight.

The lower levels of baseline sugar sweetened drink consumption in the UK compared with the US may in part explain why the effect on obesity that we estimate in the UK is much less than that estimated in the US.12 The differences with respect to other modelling studies may also be partly explained by their use of higher own price elasticity values for sugar sweetened drinks than we have calculated and used here.18 22 52 We can not make direct comparisons between the results of our study and the results of recent studies of the effect of reducing sugar sweetened drink consumption on body weight in children, 5 7 as the relation between energy balance and change in body mass index in children who are growing is different from that in adults.

There is no definite figure for each woman, and women with a higher body mass index (BMI) are likely going to gain less weight as a result.

Having a high pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), needing insulin treatment for gestational diabetes, or having a cesarean birth also increase the chances of your milk coming in later than usual.

As we continue to identify risk factors for lactation insufficiency (variations in infant oral anatomy, hypoplastic breast appearance or insufficient glandular development, high pre-pregnant body mass index, insulin resistance, other hormonal irregularities), it is extremely important that mothers, whether they believe they are «at risk» or not, identify appropriate breastfeeding support before their babies are born.

Highlighting the additional impetus for change, as if it were needed, comes from new research which has revealed the higher costs of treating two groups — the morbidly obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 +, and the super obese, at BMI 50 +.

These associations were independent of known risk factors for gout, such as age, body mass index, high blood pressure, and alcohol and coffee intake.

For example, Brian Wansink and colleagues at the Food and Brand Laboratory at Cornell University noticed that people with a high body mass index (BMI) sit on average 5 metres closer to a buffet than those with an average BMI, and 71 per cent face the food, compared with 26 per cent of people of average weight (Obesity, vol 16, p 1957).

For most of the cancers on the newly expanded list, the researchers noted a positive dose - response relationship: the higher the body - mass index, or BMI, the greater the cancer risk.

For example, ovulating sub-fertile women with a body mass index (BMI) of 29 kg / m2 or higher have been found in one study to have a 4 % lower pregnancy rate per kg / m2 increase per year, compared to ovulatory subfertile women with a BMI below 29.

This difference was independent of other heart disease risk factors including age, gender, family history, education level, body mass index, smoking habits, hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol, all of which the researchers adjusted for in their analysis.

Among postmenopausal women with normal body mass index (BMI), those with higher body fat levels had an increased risk for invasive breast cancer, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference Obesity and Cancer: Mechanisms Underlying Etiology and Outcomes, held Jan. 27 - 30.

Socioeconomic adversity during childhood increases the likelihood of both depression and higher body mass index (BMI) in early adolescence, which can worsen and lead to illness for young adults, according to a new report in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

For example, risk of cancer of the uterus increased substantially at higher body mass index; for other cancers, we saw more modest increases in risk, or no effect at aFor example, risk of cancer of the uterus increased substantially at higher body mass index; for other cancers, we saw more modest increases in risk, or no effect at afor other cancers, we saw more modest increases in risk, or no effect at all.

After adjusting for numerous possible confounding factors, including body mass index and alcohol use, the researchers found that women in the highest quartile of GGT had nearly twice the risk of subsequent gestational diabetes than those in the lowest quartile.

More than half of TKR patients have a body mass index (BMI) within the obesity range (greater than 30 kg / m ²), which has been linked to a higher risk for related comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis; and in some studies, to higher medical costs and longer hospital stays.

For patients undergoing shoulder joint replacement surgery (arthroplasty), higher body mass index is linked to increased complications — including the need for «revision» surgery, reports a study in the June 7 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint SurgeFor patients undergoing shoulder joint replacement surgery (arthroplasty), higher body mass index is linked to increased complications — including the need for «revision» surgery, reports a study in the June 7 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgefor «revision» surgery, reports a study in the June 7 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

After adjusting the data for age, sex, race, education, smoking, alcohol use, blood pressure, diabetes, high blood pressure medication, cholesterol levels, statin use and body mass index, the researchers found that those people who met both the recommended activity levels and had vitamin D levels above 20 nanograms per milliliter experienced about a 23 percent less chance of having an adverse cardiovascular event than those people with poor physical activity who were deficient for vitamin D. On the other hand, people who had adequate exercise but were vitamin D deficient didn't have a reduced risk of an adverse event.

The identification of this and other risk factors (such as lower levels of cognitive stimulation and a higher body mass index) may help us to target individuals for screening, intervention and possible treatment.

In analyses adjusting for known risk factors for diabetes, including age, sex, body mass index, neck circumference, smoking, income status and comorbidities at baseline, patients with an AHI > 30 had a 30 % higher risk of developing diabetes than those with an AHI < 5.

Low stress resilience was associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes after adjusting for body mass index, family history of diabetes, and individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic factors — the 20 % of men with the lowest resistance to stress (scores 1 - 3) were 51 % more likely to have been diagnosed with diabetes than the 20 % with the highest resistance to stress (scores 7 - 9) with diabetes risk decreasing in an approximately linear fashion with increased resistance to stress.

While increasing body mass index (BMI), a measure of obesity, was associated with increased risk for high blood pressure in all four examined ethnic groups, the prevalence of high blood pressure was almost 6 times higher among obese Hispanic adolescents compared to normal weight Hispanics.

The team identified multiple germline mutations in the human genes responsible for SNRK production that were directly associated with higher body mass index, higher waist circumference and risk of obesity in a cohort of 12,000 women who participated in the Women's Health Initiative.

Leow and her colleagues explored differences and similarities in brain connectivity patterns in 24 weight - restored individuals with anorexia nervosa (participants met all criteria for anorexia except for amenorrhea and all had body mass indices (BMI) of 18.5 or higher), 29 participants with body dysmorphic disorder, and 31 healthy control participants.

Even after adjusting for a variety of variables, including smoking, body mass index and pre-existing health ailments, the «definite evening type» was associated with a 10 percent higher risk of mortality than the «definite morning type.»

The researchers identified some important factors which increase risk for cardiovascular disease, including antipsychotic use and higher body mass index.

The researchers followed 5,000 high school seniors until middle age, tracking their body weight and body mass index (BMI) annually for 22 years.

And on the other part of the weight spectrum, it's entirely possible for someone who could be labeled as «overweight» or having a high body mass index to train consistently, consume lots of clean foods, like lean meats, fruits or vegetables and generally follow healthy lifestyle habits.

It is noted that a sodium intake of less than 2 grams per day, which approximates the sodium intake of the paleo diet with no added salt, was associated with a 68 percent increase in cardiovascular disease risk during follow - up of fifty - four months in the study reviewed in the Kresser blog.26 Another study, which excluded subjects with cardiovascular disease, hypertension and diabetes, found that after thirty - three months, the cardiovascular risk of those with daily sodium excretion of 1.9 grams was 36 percent higher after adjustment for body mass index and sex than the risk of those excreting 3 grams.6

In fact, a study published in a 2012 edition of «Advances in Nutrition» reports that a higher intake of whole grains is associated with a lower body mass index — which is beneficial for men over 40 — and reduced risk for obesity.

For example, studies have shown that people who habitually sleep less than six hours per night are much more likely to have a higher than average body mass index (BMI) and that people who sleep eight hours have the lowest BMI.

«For this reason, people who develop dementia may have a higher body mass index about 20 years before the onset of dementia, but when they approach dementia they show a lower BMI than those who remain healthy», continues Kivimaki.

Preference for sweet foods and higher body mass index in patients being treated in long - term methadone maintenance.

The higher the reverse T3, the lower the metabolism, with many such individuals having a metabolism that is 20 to 40 % lower than expected for their body mass index (BMI).

For example, a study published in «Obesity» in May 2014 found that the more often children had sugar - sweetened beverages, the more likely they were to have a high body mass index.

Although obesity has long been known to be a risk factor for heart disease, several studies have found that a high body mass index is actually associated with a lower risk of dying from heart ailments.

A higher risk for COPD was found in persons who smoked, but there was also a COPD correlation with persons of lower household incomes, less education, and lower BMI (body mass index).

This unfortunately, wasn't found to be the case for women with PCOS of higher body mass index (Classic PCOS), their AMH in pregnancy was more similar to that of women without PCOS

To minimize the confounding effect and test for potential modification by an overall lifestyle pattern, we further performed a stratified analysis according to a priori — defined healthy lifestyle pattern, as characterized by never smoking or ever smoking for fewer than 5 pack - years, never or moderate alcohol intake (< 14 g / d in women and < 28 g / d in men), body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) of at least 18.5 and less than 25.0, and physical activity of at least 150 min / wk at a moderate level or at least 75 min / wk at a vigorous level (equivalent to ≥ 7.5 metabolic equivalent h / wk) as recommended.18 Likewise, given the previous report that protein intake was associated with a higher risk for diabetes - related mortality, 8 we examined the protein - mortality association according to the history of diabetes.

Conclusions and Relevance A genetic predisposition to higher waist - to - hip ratio adjusted for body mass index was associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease.

A genetic predisposition to higher waist - to - hip ratio adjusted for body mass index was associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease.

Adjusted for age (continuous); interval; total energy intake (continuous); current menopausal hormones (binary); smoking status (never, past, or current smoker); body mass index (< 25.0, 25.0 - 29.9, or ≥ 30.0)(calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); physical activities (quintiles); marital status (married or partnered; widowed; or separated, divorced, or single); not involved in a church, volunteer, or community group (binary); retired (binary); reported diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (binary); cancer (binary); high blood pressure (binary); or myocardial infarction or angina (binary); and Mental Health Index score (86 - 100, 76 - 85, 53 - 75) in index (< 25.0, 25.0 - 29.9, or ≥ 30.0)(calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); physical activities (quintiles); marital status (married or partnered; widowed; or separated, divorced, or single); not involved in a church, volunteer, or community group (binary); retired (binary); reported diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (binary); cancer (binary); high blood pressure (binary); or myocardial infarction or angina (binary); and Mental Health Index score (86 - 100, 76 - 85, 53 - 75) in Index score (86 - 100, 76 - 85, 53 - 75) in 1996.

This may be because your current body mass index (BMI) is too high, or you're currently experiencing a medical condition which could make you ineligible for coverage such as uncontrolled:

Regarding the child, the importance of the intrauterine and early postnatal environments for metabolic programming and modifications of the epigenome is increasingly recognised, 12 — 14 particularly for metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.15 Thus, GDM is related to macrosomia at birth (> 4 kg), to excess body fat and (central) obesity and to insulin secretion in infants and children, the obesity being in part mediated by maternal body mass index (BMI) or birth weight.16 — 23 Intrauterine exposure to GDM also doubles the risk for subsequent type 2 diabetes in offspring compared with offspring of mothers with a high genetic predisposition for type 2 diabetes, but with normal glucose tolerance during the index pregnancy.24 Maternal prepregnancy overweight and excessive gestational weight gain also predict high birth weight and adiposity during infancy.12 25 This is highly relevant, as up to 60 % — 70 % of women with GDM are overweight or obese before pregnancy.26 Finally, maternal lifestyle behaviour such as a high fat diet or lack of physical activity during pregnancy can influence offspring adiposity independent of maternal obesity.12 27