Abstract Objective In 2015, the Academy for Eating Disorders collaborated with international
patient, advocacy, and parent organizations to craft the 'Nine Truths About Eating Disorders' …

Over the past two decades our view of adipose tissue has undergone a dramatic change
from an inert energy storage tissue to an active endocrine organ. Adipose tissue …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 100 genetic variants
contributing to BMI, a measure of body size, or waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI …

Humans and other mammals have three main adipose tissue depots: visceral white adipose
tissue, subcutaneous white adipose tissue and brown adipose tissue, each of which …

Background Malnutrition is a common complication in children with chronic diseases.
Sarcopenia is one component of malnutrition, characterized by reduced skeletal muscle …

Fighting ability, although recognized as fundamental to intrasexual competition in many
nonhuman species, has received little attention as an explanatory variable in the social …

Purpose There is a growing awareness of the importance of understanding gender
differences in obesity. The aim of this short review was to revise the current evidence on …

Purpose Eating disorders and their core symptoms (eg, binge eating, body weight/shape
concerns) disproportionately affect females, and these sex-differentiated effects become …

Body fat and the specific depot where adipose tissue (AT) is stored can contribute to
cardiometabolic health risks in children and adolescents. Imaging procedures including …

Participation in youth sport has been promoted as part of a healthy lifestyle, with benefits for
physical fitness, social development, and mental wellbeing. Yet, sport carries an inherent …