Abstract The American Medical Association recently recognized obesity as both an illness
and a leading cause of preventable death and chronic disease. This association is not only …

Current waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) cutoffs have been identified
from studies of predominantly European-derived populations. However, these cutoffs may …

We conducted a linked database cohort study of infants born between 1990 and 2002 in
Nova Scotia, Canada. Diagnoses of autism were identified from administrative databases …

Orang Asli or indigenous peoples are peoples with unique languages, knowledge systems
and beliefs. Indigenous peoples often have much in common with other neglected segments …

Abstract Background Outside of the United States, evidence for associations between
exposure to fast-food establishments and risk for obesity among adults is limited and …

Context Obesity has emerged as a global public health challenge. The objective of this
review was to examine epidemiological aspects of obesity in the Western Hemisphere …

Objective Community health surveys often collect self-report data on body height and weight
for the purposes of calculating the Body Mass Index (BMI) and identifying cases of …

Background: Obesity is increasingly prevalent worldwide and is becoming an epidemic in
many countries, including Canada. We sought to describe and analyze temporal obesity …

BACKGROUND: Poor dietary habits may increase risk for obesity and chronic diseases
among Canadian adolescents. OBJECTIVES: The aims of the present study were to:(a) …

Sucrose, the primary circulating sugar in plants, contains equal amounts of fructose and
glucose. The latter is the predominant circulating sugar in animals and thus the primary fuel …