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BACKGROUND: There is still much debate on which standard cutoff value should be used for diagnosing adolescent obesity although various cutoff values have been used for assessing overweight and obesity...
Endoplastic reticulum (ER) is one of the cellular organelle found in all eukaryotes. It plays a critical role in the protein folding, lipid and sterol biosynthesis, and the storage of...
BACKGROUND: There has been a rapid increase of obese population in South Korea. Obesity is a major factor in the development of cardiovascular and endocrinologic diseases. Adipokines, released from adipose...
BACKGROUND: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a very potent angiogenic factor expressed and secreted from adipocytes, and VEGF-mediated angiogenesis is necessary for the adipose tissue expansion associated with human...
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 12 week course of 30 minutes of circuit hydraulic-resistance exercise training program on body composition, blood pressure,...
Kim MK, Lee IS, Jang HW, Joung KH, Kim KS, Kim HJ, Lee TY, Kim YK, Ku BJ
KMID: 2270937
Korean J Obes.
2011 Jun;20(2):75-83.
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate whether visceral fat measured by the electrical impedance analysis (EIA) method could serve as predictor of insulin resistance (IR).
METHODS: We evaluated...