Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco ( UCSF ) have determined that there is a strong relationship between being obese and developing end-stage renal disease, or kidney failure ...
Is Obesity an Independent Risk Factor for Transplantation? The prevalence of obesity among Americans is increasing ( see table for definitions ). A review of four national health surveys completed ...
Is obesity a risk factor for low back pain? An example of using the evidence to answer a clinical question Timothy A Mirtz and Leon Greene University of Kansas, Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise ...
Obesity, especially central obesity (male-type or waist-predomimant obesity), is an important risk factor for the " metabolic syndrome " ("syndrome X"), the clustering of a number of diseases and risk ...
Losing Weight Properly Is The Way To Avoid Heart Disease A Major Risk Factor For Heart Disease. Obesity And Being Overweight. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute as a part of the National ...
Central Obesity as a Risk Factor for Prostatic Hyperplasia Sangyeoup Lee * , , Hong Gi Min * , Sang Han Choi * , , Yun Jin Kim * , , Sang Woo Oh , Young Joo Kim * , Yongsoon Park and Sung Soo Kim