The prevalence and severity of obesity have increased in the United States and most of the
Westernized World over recent decades, reaching worldwide epidemics. Since obesity …

Obesity has been increasing in epidemic proportions, with a disproportionately higher
increase in morbid or class III obesity, and obesity adversely affects cardiovascular (CV) …

Vegetarians, those who avoid meat, and vegans, additionally avoiding dairy and eggs,
represent 5% and 2%, respectively, of the US population. The aim of this review is to assess …

Objectives To assess the independent effect of waist circumference on mortality across the
entire body mass index (BMI) range and to estimate the loss in life expectancy related to a …

The management of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in patients with obesity presents
numerous challenges. Obesity has a negative effect on almost all of the major CVD risk …

Overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in the USA and most of the rest
of the world. Particularly concerning is the very high prevalence of class III obesity (BMI≥ 40 …

Objective To discuss possible explanations for the obesity paradox and explore whether the
paradox can be attributed to a form of selection bias known as collider stratification bias …

Obesity is still defined on the basis of body mass index (BMI) and BMI in itself is generally
accepted as a strong predictor of overall early mortality. However, an inverse association …

Background Prognosis based on body fat percentage (BF%) in patients with coronary artery
disease has not been extensively studied. We tested the hypothesis that patients with …

Aims The intermediate‐term effects of dietary protein on cardiometabolic risk factors in
overweight and obese patients with heart failure and diabetes mellitus are unknown. We …