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Obesity is significantly correlated with prevalence of metabolic syndrome and is an important risk factor of mortality. However, overweight or slight obesity does not increase mortality; therefore, physical fitness might...
The prevalence of obesity is rapidly increasing worldwide, and its complications such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease are also increasing. To avoid long-term damage caused by obesity and...
The prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents continues to increase worldwide. Childhood obesity is associated with adulthood obesity and increases the risk of developing adult metabolic...
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a serious problem, and there have been various studies to elucidate its causes. This study aims to evaluate the relationship between obesity and proportion of supper and...
BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with a variety of diseases and increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the obesity index and...
BACKGROUND: There is high interest in a new approach to improve children's lifestyle habits in order to prevent childhood obesity. A smartphone application (app) is a new technology platform that...
BACKGROUND: It is hard to find data concerning the relationship between weekly physical activity frequency and metabolic syndrome. Therefore, the object of this study is to evaluate the relationship between...
BACKGROUND: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) plays a major role in adipocyte differentiation. Testosterone is well known for inhibiting adipocyte metabolism in men. To investigate the inhibitory mechanism of testosterone...