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BACKGROUND: When obese people fail to properly perceive their body size, it leads to lack of motivation for adequate lifestyle modification needed for improvement of weight and health status. This...
Kim AR, Kim KM, Kim BT, Park SB, Lee DJ, Kim SM, Choi SH, Kim BY, Kim KN, Joo NS
KMID: 1835408
Korean J Obes.
2009 Sep;18(3):94-101.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity has been increasing recently and obesity is thought to play a key role in atherosclerosis through low-grade chronic inflammation. In this study, we evaluated the...
BACKGROUND: Estimating the quantity and distribution of body fat is essential in the diagnosis and treatment of obesity. Recent tools based on the bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) not only demonstrate...
Kim JI, Yu BC, Jeon MJ, Kim JM, Choi JS, Park JY, Lee YH
KMID: 1835407
Korean J Obes.
2009 Sep;18(3):87-93.
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the association between waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio (W/Ht) to components of metabolic syndrome.
METHODS: A total of 2,299 healthy examinees who...
BACKGROUND: The influence of Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) is considered to be an important stimulatory factor in body composition, bone growth, cell proliferation and metabolism.
METHODS: The study analyzed the...