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Studies in high-income countries show that despite the positive association of weight with socioeconomic position at birth, an inverse socioeconomic gradient in overweight (OW) appears later in childhood. The ...
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Comment on ‘General and abdominal obesity parameters and their combination in relation to mortality: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis’
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To assess the prospective relationship between obesity and health-related quality of life, including a novel assessment of the impact of health-related quality of life on weight gain.
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Higher leptin levels in Asian Indians than Creoles and Europids: a potential explanation for increased metabolic risk
Leptin predicts cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes, diseases to which Asian Indians are highly susceptible. As a risk marker, leptin's intra-individual and seasonal stability is unstudied and only sma...