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.
Additionally,
increased body mass index (BMI) was associated with an increased risk of PPD.
«Our work clearly shows that predisposition to obesity and
increased body mass index is not due to a single gene or genetic change,» says senior study author Elizabeth Speliotes, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H, assistant professor of internal medicine and computational medicine and bioinformatics at the University of Michigan Health System.
«At time 1, we found moderate intensity light exposure earlier in the day was associated with
increased body mass index (BMI) while children who received their biggest dose of light — outdoors and indoors — in the afternoon were slimmer,» said Ms Pattinson of the Environmental Light Exposure is Associated with Increased Body Mass in Children study.
Recent studies have suggested that
increased body mass index (BMI) may have an adverse effect on treatment outcomes and natural history in Crohn's disease (CD).
Chemical pesticides in food and water have been linked to
increased body mass index (BMI) in children.
Epidemiological studies showed relationships between BPA exposure and
increased body mass index (BMI), cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome.