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History of Cardiovascular Disease, Intensive Lifestyle Intervention, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the Look AHEAD Trial.
CONCLUSIONS: Intervention response heterogeneity was significant for nonfatal MI. Response heterogeneity may need consideration in a CVD-outcome trial design. PMID: 31898874 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Obesity - January 2, 2020 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Look AHEAD Research Group, Lewis CE, Bantle JP, Bertoni AG, Blackburn G, Brancati FL, Bray GA, Cheskin LJ, Curtis JM, Egan C, Evans M, Foreyt JP, Ghazarian S, Barone Gibbs B, Glasser SP, W Gregg E, Hazuda HP, Hesson L, Hill JO, Horton ES, Hubbard VS, Jaki Tags: Obesity (Silver Spring) Source Type: research

Accuracy of body weight perception and obesity among Chinese Americans
This study was a descriptive and cross-sectional study, which was conducted in a community health center in New York. Study subjects were all Chinese-American adults. Demographic information, accuracy of perception of body weight, anthropometric measures (weight, height, body mass index [BMI], waist circumference [WC], hip circumference [HC], weight to height ratio, weight to hip ratio), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) and obesity-related diseases (hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke) were assessed. Results A total of 162 Chinese Americans were recruited. 52 subjects (32%) did n...
Source: Obesity Research and Clinical Practice - May 1, 2015 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: research