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Association of visceral adiposity index with new-onset type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in hypertensive Chinese adults
CONCLUSION: Our study suggested a positive relation of VAI with the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes and new-onset IFG in Chinese hypertensive patients, independent of its components.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, a well-designed cohort.PMID:33844178 | DOI:10.1007/s40519-021-01187-4
Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - April 12, 2021 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Chun Zhou Zhuxian Zhang Mengyi Liu Yuanyuan Zhang Panpan He Qinqin Li Di Xie Min Liang Guobao Wang Jing Nie Chengzhang Liu Yun Song Lishun Liu Binyan Wang Xiaobin Wang Xiping Xu Xianhui Qin Source Type: research

Is addictive-like eating an overlooked stroke risk factor? A study case.
CONCLUSION: Food addiction might be considered as an emerging stroke risk factor. We suggest it fosters the need to take into consideration addictive-like eating behaviors and associated mental disorders in the primary and secondary prevention of stroke. This may be particularly relevant for the prevention of stroke in women as they are more prone to comfort their emotions with food. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: V, descriptive study. PMID: 33559834 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - February 9, 2021 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Rabat Y, Berthoz S, Sibon I Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research

Obesity paradox and stroke: a narrative review.
CONCLUSIONS: The existence of an obesity paradox in stroke is still controversial and further higher quality evidence is needed to clarify the relationship between obesity and stroke outcome. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, narrative review. PMID: 32124408 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - March 1, 2020 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Forlivesi S, Cappellari M, Bonetti B Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research

Obesity or obesities? Controversies on the association between body mass index and premature mortality.
Abstract Obesity is still defined on the basis of body mass index (BMI) and BMI in itself is generally accepted as a strong predictor of overall early mortality. However, an inverse association between BMI and mortality has been reported in patients with many disease states and in several clinical settings: hemodialysis, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, surgery, etc. This unexpected phenomenon is usually called obesity-survival paradox (OP). The contiguous concepts of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO, a phenotype having BMI ≥ 30 but not having an...
Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - April 3, 2016 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Bosello O, Donataccio MP, Cuzzolaro M Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research