Objectives: Symptoms caused by traffic accidents can be divided into localized pain and systemic symptoms. Edema and pain can be increased due to obesity. During hospitalization of obese patients after traffic accident injury, obesity and systemic symptoms such as edema, dizziness, abdominal fullness and heavy body feeling might increase more by decreased physical activity due to pain. Methods: This report details on two cases of obese female inpatients with systemic symptoms after a car accident who were treated with …

Objective To assess whether adiposity measures differed according to joint categories of sleep duration and sleep variability in a sample of Mexican adolescents. Study design A sample of 528 Mexico City adolescents aged 9-17 years wore wrist actigraphs for 6-7 days. Average sleep duration was categorized as age-specific sufficient or insufficient. Sleep variability, the standard deviation of sleep duration, was split at the median into stable versus variable. Adiposity measures—body mass index (BMI)-for-age Z score (BMIz), triceps …

Background: The relation between central obesity epidemic and food consumption strategies has drawn attention towards understanding its complexity. The aim of our study is to evaluate clinical and nutritional aspects of women with central obesity in Salvador, Bahia. Methods: The study was done in 89 adult women with waist circumference> 84 cm after individualized outpatient consultations for 48 months (2012-2015). Direct interviews were performed with the application of three R24h recalls to evaluation of food consumption in …

Background Energy intake is important for the maintenance of muscle mass. The relationship between energy intake and sarcopenia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been unclear. Methods Using a brief‐type self‐administered diet history questionnaire we assessed habitual food and nutrient intake of patients with T2D aged≥ 65 years, all of whom were Japanese and physically active, taking part in the KAMOGAWA‐DM cohort study. Patients' body composition was evaluated by bioimpedance analysis …

This contribution presents the results of physical development and body composition parameters which are suggestive of obesity in younger school age children. The aim of this research is to test the effect of aerobic activity in reducing risk-bearing obesity factors. Fifty-five younger school age children took part in this research. The experimental group consisted of 24 subjects (17 boys and 7 girls) aged 6.62±0.31 years. The control group consisted of 31 subjects (22 boys and 9 girls) aged 6.78±0.3 years. The IAAF Kids' Athletics …

Aim Although antidepressants can relieve the symptoms of depression in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus, the effect of vitamin D supplementation as an antidepressant remains unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of intramuscular vitamin D supplement injections on depression and anthropometric indices in patients with type 2 diabetes who had vitamin D deficiency. Methods In this randomized controlled clinical trial, 50 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who had vitamin D deficiency were randomly …

Aim The present study aimed to investigate an association between dynapenia or sarcopenia and higher‐level functional capacity in older diabetes patients. Methods Diabetes outpatients aged≥ 65 years were prospectively enrolled. Dynapenia and sarcopenia were defined by criteria of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia, and higher‐level functional capacity was assessed using the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence (TMIG‐IC). Multiple regression analysis included TMIG‐IC scores as …

Background The influence of dietary fat on the body fat of patients with diabetes is not well established. This cross‐sectional study aimed to analyze the association between percentage body fat (PBF) and dietary sources of fat from the usual diet of patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods Outpatients were submitted to PBF evaluation estimated by bioelectrical impedance. The patient's usual diet was assessed by a 3‐day weighed diet record (WDR), and compliance was analyzed by comparing the protein intake estimated …

Background A high level of adiposity has been identified in South Asians compared to white Caucasians, and it has corresponded with increased cardiometabolic risk. Therefore, assessing body composition and associated metabolic risk is very important to understand ethnic difference of metabolic risk. The present study aims to assess the body composition of a representative sample of adults in Sri Lanka using the deuterium dilution technique.

Aims Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an important risk factor for cognitive decline and motor dysfunction due to progressive muscular atrophy. Chronic hyperglycemia may be responsible for impaired vascular function, loss of muscle mass, and morphological abnormalities in the myocytes. For the proper functioning of the neuromuscular system, two crucial growth factors are necessary: brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), whose reduced expressions have been implicated in …