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Obesity is increasing globally and is a risk factor for many chronic conditions such as such as heart disease, sleep apnea, type-2 diabetes, and some cancers. Research shows that food logging is beneficial in promoting weight loss. Crowdsourcing has also been used in promoting dietary feedback for food logging. This work investigates the feasibility of crowdsourcing to provide support in accurately...
The increasing prevalence of diagnosed diabetes has drawn attentions of researchers in recently years. Research has been done in finding the correlations between diabetes prevalence with socioeconomic factors, obesity, social behaviors and so on. Since 2010, diabetes preventive services have been covered under health insurance plans in order to reduce diabetes burden and control the increasing of...
We studied hemodynamics characteristics at the heart level for a lot of 15 obese patients. We investigated echocardiographic and multigated radionuclide parameters correlating with the body mass index (BMI) or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Furthermore, the linear relationship obtained by plotting end-systolic volume (ESV) against end-diastolic volume (EDV) can be more useful than the...
We introduce an exhaustive collection of Instagram posts tied to locations in the Gulf nation of Qatar, and explore its potential as a source for the study of the native and expat populations, in particular their dietary and health activity. Obesity has taken an epidemic proportion in such fast-developing countries, and we show that, for example, for Arabic-speakers posting from restaurants strongly...
If temporal variation of a person's hunger degree could be estimated, it would be possible to adjust his/her eating habits and/or prevent obesity. It is well-known that there is a negative correlation between a hunger degree and a blood glucose level. However, it is hard to measure a person's blood glucose level anytime and anywhere, because it relies usually on an invasive method (e.g., blood sampling)...
The present study examines the effects of obesity on left ventricular (LV) biomechanics in obese women. Thirty-two women were evaluated: 12 were non-obese (body mass index BMI < 30 kg/m2) and 20 were obese (BMI > 30 kg/m2); ten of which were hypertensive and ten were non-hypertensive. Left ventricular dimensions and systolic and diastolic functions were assessed by 2D echocardiography and tissue...
Obesity is a major health problem worldwide, with important economic and social effects. Obesity affects cardiovascular and respiratory systems directly. In this paper, after presenting a noninvasive indicator of contractility, based on the clinical echocardiografic measurements, a computer model (implemented in Simulink) based on the simplified circuit of the cardiovascular model is used, taking...
The worldwide prevalence of obesity is considered as a serious issue because obesity is one of the main causes of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Obesity is associated with various habits of our daily life, e.g. short sleep duration, high alcohol intake, and nonparticipation in physical exercise. Therefore, changing these habits in order to reduce body weight is recognized as an effective solution...
The worldwide prevalence of obesity is considered as a serious issue because obesity is one of the main causes of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Obesity is associated with various habits of our daily life, e.g. short sleep duration, high alcohol intake, and nonparticipation in physical exercise. Therefore, changing these habits in order to reduce body weight is recognized as an effective solution...
It is well-known that obesity has a marked effect on many of the routinely used laboratory parameters. An obvious example is the serum level of various blood lipids: hyperlipidemia, hypercholesteremia are often observed in obese people. Our research aimed to provide a more thorough understanding of the effects of obesity on laboratory parameters, concentrating on every laboratory parameter, not just...
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