UK: Central obesity, particularly abdominal fat, may significantly increase the risk of developing psoriasis, especially ...

Among 25 different measures of adiposity, abdominal fat was significantly associated with a risk for psoriasis, particularly ...

Centrally stored body fat is more strongly linked to an increased risk of psoriasis than overall body fat, a study has ...

We found negative associations of abdominal adiposity and pulmonary function in men and women from the general population that are not limited to severely obese persons. Abdominal adiposity is an ...

New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO25) in Malaga, Spain (11–14 May), reveals that 3 to 4-year-olds in rural areas are more likely to be living with overweight and ...

As a result, reducing abdominal adiposity could be a strategy for chronic pain management, especially if the pain is widespread, according to researchers. Greater VAT, SAT and the ratio of the two ...

Objective To examine the associations between physical activity (PA) and abdominal adiposity, as measured by waist circumference, in children and adolescents, and to test whether cardiovascular ...

"Excessive abdominal adiposity is implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic pain, including visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue," they added. "Therefore, reducing abdominal adiposity may be ...

"BMI is a measure of body size, but does not provide information on fat distribution, whereas waist circumference is a proxy more closely related to abdominal adiposity." Overall, the researchers ...

Conclusions: Abdominal adiposity, WC and BMI were not associated in this study with adverse pathologic features in patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer and did not predispose toward a ...

We investigated the relation of a number of adiposity markers with pulmonary function in a population-based study. We found inverse associations of abdominal height and waist circumference with ...

They add: "Therefore, reducing abdominal adiposity may be considered a target for chronic pain management, particularly in those with pain in multiple sites and widespread pain." And they suggest ...