Highlights•Obesity, overweight, and underweight can negatively affect the health of children
during childhood and lifelong.•Obesity and overweight in children may increase the risk of …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a constellation of several associated cardiometabolic risk
factors that increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), cardiovascular …

Purpose: The purpose of the research was to determine the changes in metabolic
parameters, leptin, and irisin levels after aerobic and resistance training in type-2 diabetes …

Background Worldwide there is an increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome mainly due
to life-style modifications, and Africans are not saved of this situation. Many markers have …

Background: Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide resulting in a serious
public health problem. In Saudi Arabia, 28.7% of the population is obese due largely to the …

Adiponectin and leptin play roles in the hunger response, and they can induce the
inflammatory process as the initial mechanism of the innate immune response. It is possible …

Abstracts Aims To measure the level of leptin in volunteers and correlate it with several
anthropometric, biochemical variables and abdominal fat volumes. Methods The level of …

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single bacterial infectious agent and
is one of the most relevant issues of public health. Another pandemic disease is type II …

Background Controversial findings exist on the role of leptin in obesity and its correlation
with metabolic variables, with few data emanating from Nigerian-Africans. Plasma leptin was …

Background: Urbanization, sedentary lifestyles, and dietary changes have all contributed to
an increase in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Indian populations during …