Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "BMI"

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    • Adipose Tissue Dysregulation and Reduced Insulin Sensitivity in Non-Obese Individuals with Enlarged Abdominal Adipose Cells 

      Hammarstedt, Ann; Graham, Timothy E; Kahn, Barbara (BioMed Central, 2012)
      Background: Obesity contributes to Type 2 diabetes by promoting systemic insulin resistance. Obesity causes features of metabolic dysfunction in the adipose tissue that may contribute to later impairments of insulin action ...

    • Correlations among adiposity measures in school-aged children 

      Boeke, Caroline E; Oken, Emily; Kleinman, Ken P; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L; Taveras, Elsie M; Gillman, Matthew W (BioMed Central, 2013)
      Background: Given that it is not feasible to use dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or other reference methods to measure adiposity in all pediatric clinical and research settings, it is important to identify reasonable ...

    • Does duration of physical activity bouts matter for adiposity and metabolic syndrome? A cross-sectional study of older British men 

      Jefferis, Barbara J.; Parsons, Tessa J.; Sartini, Claudio; Ash, Sarah; Lennon, Lucy T.; Wannamethee, S. Goya; Lee, I-Min; Whincup, Peter H. (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Older adults have low physical activity(PA) and high sedentary behaviour(SB) levels. We investigate how total volume and specific patterns of moderate to vigorous PA(MVPA), light PA(LPA) and SB are related to ...

    • Eating Attitudes and Food Intakes of Elite Adolescent Female Figure Skaters: a Cross Sectional Study 

      Dwyer, Johanna; Eisenberg, Alanna; Prelack, Kathy; Song, Won O; Sonneville, Kendrin Rae; Ziegler, Paula (BioMed Central, 2012)
      Background: Elite adolescent female figure skaters compete in an aesthetic-based sport that values thin builds and lithe figures. To conform to the sport’s physical requirements, skaters may alter their eating patterns in ...

    • EMR-linked GWAS study: investigation of variation landscape of loci for body mass index in children 

      Namjou, Bahram; Keddache, Mehdi; Marsolo, Keith; Wagner, Michael; Lingren, Todd; Cobb, Beth; Perry, Cassandra; Kennebeck, Stephanie; Holm, Ingrid A.; Li, Rongling; Crimmins, Nancy A.; Martin, Lisa; Solti, Imre; Kohane, Isaac S.; Harley, John B. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2013)
      Common variations at the loci harboring the fat mass and obesity gene (FTO), MC4R, and TMEM18 are consistently reported as being associated with obesity and body mass index (BMI) especially in adult population. In order ...

    • Obesity as a risk factor for severe influenza-like illness 

      Cocoros, Noelle M; Lash, Timothy L; DeMaria, Alfred; Klompas, Michael (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2013)
      Background: Obesity was recognized as in independent risk factor for influenza during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. Objectives: We evaluated the association between body mass index (BMI) and influenza-like illness (ILI) ...

    • Religious coping moderates the relationship between emotional functioning and obesity. 

      Pirutinsky, Steven; Rosmarin, David Hillel; Holt, Cheryl L. (American Psychological Association (APA), 2012)
      Objective: Prospective research indicates that poor emotional functioning predicts obesity. The maladaptive coping hypothesis proposes that unhealthy eating is used to regulate emotion, leading to obesity. Given research ...

    • Serum Concentrations of Organochlorine Pesticides and Growth among Russian Boys 

      Sergeyev, Oleg; Lee, Mary M.; Revich, Boris; Del Prato, Julie T.; Humblet, Olivier; Patterson, Donald G.; Turner, Wayman E.; Starovoytov, Mikhail; Burns, Jane S; Williams, Paige L.; Korrick, Susan Abigail; Altshul, Larisa M.; Hauser, Russ B. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2011)
      Background: Limited human data suggest an association of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) with adverse effects on children’s growth.: Objective: We evaluated the associations of OCPs with longitudinally assessed growth ...

    • Short-term weight gain and breast cancer risk by hormone receptor classification among pre- and postmenopausal women 

      Rosner, Bernard; Eliassen, A. Heather; Toriola, Adetunji T.; Hankinson, Susan E.; Willett, Walter C.; Natarajan, Loki; Colditz, Graham A. (Springer US, 2015)
      Obesity is well established as a cause of postmenopausal breast cancer incidence and mortality. In contrast, adiposity in early life reduces breast cancer incidence. However, whether short-term weight change influences ...