The disease burden associated with overweight and obesity

A Must, J Spadano, EH Coakley, AE Field, G Colditz… - Jama, 1999 - jamanetwork.com
ContextOverweight and obesity are increasing dramatically in the United States and most
likely contribute substantially to the burden of chronic health conditions. ObjectiveTo …

Primary prevention of coronary heart disease: integration of new data, evolving views, revised goals, and role of rosuvastatin in management. A comprehensive survey

R Kones - Drug design, development and therapy, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
A recent explosion in the amount of cardiovascular risk and incipient, undetected subclinical
cardiovascular pathology has swept across the globe. Nearly 70% of adult Americans are …

[BOOK][B] Varney's midwifery

TL King, MC Brucker, JM Kriebs, JO Fahey - 2013 - books.google.com
Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content
found in the physical edition. The gold standard for midwives and students is back with …

In vitro binding capacities of three dietary fibers and their mixture for four toxic elements, cholesterol, and bile acid

N Zhang, C Huang, S Ou - Journal of hazardous materials, 2011 - Elsevier
Water-soluble dietary fibers from apple peels and water-insoluble dietary fibers from wheat
bran and soybean-seed hull were used to evaluate their binding capacities for four toxic …

Awareness of cardiovascular risk factors in US young adults aged 18–39 years

EM Bucholz, HC Gooding, SD de Ferranti - American journal of preventive …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Young adults with hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes are at increased
risk of developing heart disease later in life. Despite emphasis on early screening, little is …

Association between progestin-only contraceptive use and cardiometabolic outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Glisic, S Shahzad, S Tsoli, M Chadni… - European journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims The association between progestin-only contraceptive (POC) use and the risk of
various cardiometabolic outcomes has rarely been studied. We performed a systematic …

[HTML][HTML] Coronary heart disease risk factors in college students

J Arts, ML Fernandez, IE Lofgren - Advances in Nutrition, 2014 - Elsevier
More than one-half of young adults aged 18–24 y have at least 1 coronary heart disease
(CHD) risk factor and nearly one-quarter have advanced atherosclerotic lesions. The extent …

[HTML][HTML] Screening for cardiovascular risk factors in adults with serious mental illness: a review of the evidence

JB Baller, EE McGinty, ST Azrin, D Juliano-Bult… - BMC psychiatry, 2015 - Springer
Background Adults with serious mental illness have a mortality rate two to three times higher
than the overall US population, much of which is due to somatic conditions, especially …

Metabolic risk factors in first-episode schizophrenia: baseline prevalence and course analysed from the European First-Episode Schizophrenia Trial

WW Fleischhacker, CO Siu, R Bodén… - International Journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Available data on antipsychotic-induced metabolic risks are often constrained by potential
confounding effects due to prior antipsychotic treatment. In this study, we assessed the …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge of young African American adults about heart disease: a cross-sectional survey

DM Winham, KM Jones - BMC Public Health, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background African Americans have higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
mortality than other ethnic groups. Young adults are prime targets for intervention strategies …