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Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Nigerian children
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2017)
Overweight and obesity in childhood and youth have undesirable physical and psycho-sociological
consequences and therefore need periodic surveillance. One thousand two hundred and twenty-nine school children,
ages 9-13 ...
Changes in body composition and cardiometabolic risk among black South African adults
(Karger, 2017)
Background and objectives:
Obesity-related health risk may
differ by ethnicity at the same body mass index (BMI). The objectives of this study were too determine the predictive value of the
World Health Organization ...
Association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone with the metabolic syndrome in black South African women
(Canadian Science Publishing, 2017)
The relationship between 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), parathyroid hormone (PTH) and metabolic traits appear to differ among ethnicities and may be influenced by obesity. The aim of the study was to examine the association ...
Association between objectively measured physical activity, chronic stress and leukocyte telomere length
(Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA ) attenuates chronic stress and age-related and cardiovascular disease risks, whereby potentially slowing
telomere shortening. We aimed to study the association between seven-day objectively ...
Probiotic treatment protects against the pro-depressant-like effect of high-fat diet in Flinders Sensitive Line rats
(Elsevier, 2017)
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is highly associated with dysmetabolic conditions, such as obesity and diabetes mellitus type 2, and the gut microbiota may interact with both disease entities. We have previously shown that ...