Obesity is currently the most important contributor to ill health and expenditure worldwide.
More alarming is the fact that the pediatric population parallels adults, with obesity closely …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a process whose pathogenetic mechanisms start very
early in life. Recently, the importance of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) has been highlighted …

Recently, the three-dimensional printer has started to be utilized strongly in medical
industries. In the human body, many parts or organs can be printed from 3D images to meet …

Background Upper body subcutaneous fat, estimated by neck circumference (NC), may
present greater metabolic risk than visceral fat. The aim of this study was to determine cutoff …

Background Recently, neck circumference (NC) has been used to predict the risk of
cardiometabolic factors. This study aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis …

Purpose Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is prevalent in children and diagnostic
polysomnography is costly and not readily available in all areas. We developed a pediatric …

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the association of neck circumference (NC) with
obesity to determine the sex-specific and age-specific optimal cut-off points of this measure …

Overweight and obesity at an early age are important criteria for predicting chronic diseases.
Each anthropometric method available to assess obesity has its limitations. Recently, neck …

Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common form of sleep-disordered breathing
with high prevalence and associated co-morbidities. It still goes largely under-reported due …

Objective: Neck circumference (NC) is currently used as an embryonic marker of obesity and
its associated risks. But its use in clinical evaluations and other epidemiological purposes …