Published in Am J Clin Nutr on March 01, 1993
Relationships of generalized and regional adiposity to insulin sensitivity in men. J Clin Invest (1995) 3.44
Childbearing may increase visceral adipose tissue independent of overall increase in body fat. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2008) 1.91
Are age references for waist circumference, hip circumference and waist-hip ratio in Dutch children useful in clinical practice? Eur J Pediatr (2005) 1.88
Visceral obesity and the risk of Barrett's esophagus in Japanese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. BMC Gastroenterol (2009) 0.94
Anthropometric measures and physical activity and the risk of lung cancer in never-smokers: a prospective cohort study. PLoS One (2013) 0.92
How useful is waist circumference for assessment of abdominal obesity in Korean pre-menopausal women during weight loss? Asia Pac J Clin Nutr (2008) 0.85
Comparisons of obesity assessments in over-weight elementary students using anthropometry, BIA, CT and DEXA. Nutr Res Pract (2010) 0.84
Comparisons of body volumes and dimensions using three-dimensional photonic scanning in adult Hispanic-Americans and Caucasian-Americans. J Diabetes Sci Technol (2007) 0.80
Estimated visceral adipose tissue, but not body mass index, is associated with reductions in glomerular filtration rate based on cystatin C in the early stages of chronic kidney disease. Int J Nephrol (2014) 0.78
Sonographic prediction of body fat volume (subcutaneous and visceral fat) in cardiovascular patients. J Tehran Heart Cent (2010) 0.77
Efficacy of increasing physical activity to reduce children's visceral fat: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Int J Pediatr Obes (2010) 0.76
Subcutaneous fat loss is greater than visceral fat loss with diet and exercise, weight-loss promoting drugs and bariatric surgery: a critical review and meta-analysis. Int J Obes (Lond) (2017) 0.75
Abdominal fat ratio - a novel parameter for predicting conversion in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (2016) 0.75
Age and sex-specific associations of anthropometric measures of adiposity with blood pressure and hypertension in India: a cross-sectional study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2016) 0.75
Energy balance and obesity: what are the main drivers? Cancer Causes Control (2017) 0.75
Waist circumference action levels in the identification of cardiovascular risk factors: prevalence study in a random sample. BMJ (1995) 5.80
The public health impact of obesity. Annu Rev Public Health (2001) 4.83
Diet, nutrition and the prevention of excess weight gain and obesity. Public Health Nutr (2004) 4.41
Body mass index as a measure of body fatness: age- and sex-specific prediction formulas. Br J Nutr (1991) 3.82
Organ-tissue mass measurement allows modeling of REE and metabolically active tissue mass. Am J Physiol (1998) 3.65
What aspects of body fat are particularly hazardous and how do we measure them? Int J Epidemiol (2005) 3.34
The prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: a review of interventions and programmes. Obes Rev (2006) 3.33
Low subcutaneous thigh fat is a risk factor for unfavourable glucose and lipid levels, independently of high abdominal fat. The Health ABC Study. Diabetologia (2005) 3.20
Educational level, relative body weight, and changes in their association over 10 years: an international perspective from the WHO MONICA Project. Am J Public Health (2000) 3.08
A comparison of body mass index, waist-hip ratio and waist circumference as predictors of all-cause mortality among the elderly: the Rotterdam study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2001) 2.55
Fat and female fecundity: prospective study of effect of body fat distribution on conception rates. BMJ (1993) 2.48
A physical activity questionnaire for the elderly. Med Sci Sports Exerc (1991) 2.39
Techniques for the measurement of visceral fat: a practical guide. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1993) 2.39
Zinc supplementation and stunted infants in Ethiopia: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2000) 2.25
Overweight, obesity and fat distribution in 50- to 64-year-old participants in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Public Health Nutr (2002) 2.25
Elevated body fat percentage and cardiovascular risks at low body mass index levels among Singaporean Chinese, Malays and Indians. Obes Rev (2002) 2.20
Selection of anthropometric indicators for classification of abdominal fatness--a critical review. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1998) 2.17
Quality of life in relation to overweight and body fat distribution. Am J Public Health (1998) 2.12
Does the relationship between waist circumference, morbidity and mortality depend on measurement protocol for waist circumference? Obes Rev (2007) 2.10
Hydration of fat-free body mass: new physiological modeling approach. Am J Physiol (1999) 2.09
The prediction of visceral fat by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in the elderly: a comparison with computed tomography and anthropometry. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2002) 2.08
Imaging techniques for measuring adipose-tissue distribution--a comparison between computed tomography and 1.5-T magnetic resonance. Am J Clin Nutr (1990) 2.00
The paradox of low body mass index and high body fat percentage among Chinese, Malays and Indians in Singapore. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2000) 1.99
A lipoprotein lipase mutation (Asn291Ser) is associated with reduced HDL cholesterol levels in premature atherosclerosis. Nat Genet (1995) 1.93
Waist circumference remains useful predictor of coronary heart disease. BMJ (1996) 1.84
Smoking and relative body weight: an international perspective from the WHO MONICA Project. J Epidemiol Community Health (1997) 1.82
Heating around intravascular guidewires by resonating RF waves. J Magn Reson Imaging (2000) 1.82
Predicting intra-abdominal fatness from anthropometric measures: the influence of stature. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1997) 1.81
Independent and opposite associations of waist and hip circumferences with diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia: the AusDiab Study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2004) 1.78
Impairment of health and quality of life in people with large waist circumference. Lancet (1998) 1.75
A new index of abdominal adiposity as an indicator of risk for cardiovascular disease. A cross-population study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1993) 1.73
Sex and age specific prediction formulas for estimating body composition from bioelectrical impedance: a cross-validation study. Int J Obes (1991) 1.71
Amount of fat in the diet affects bioavailability of lutein esters but not of alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, and vitamin E in humans. Am J Clin Nutr (2000) 1.69
Larger hip circumference independently predicts health and longevity in a Swedish female cohort. Obes Res (2001) 1.69
Abdominal fat depots measured with computed tomography: effects of degree of obesity, sex, and age. Eur J Clin Nutr (1988) 1.63
Sex differences in the pharmacological treatment of hypertension: a review of population-based studies. J Hypertens (1997) 1.62
Predicting body composition by densitometry from simple anthropometric measurements. Am J Clin Nutr (1996) 1.59
Waist and hip circumferences, and waist-hip ratio in 19 populations of the WHO MONICA Project. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1999) 1.57
Hydration of fat-free body mass: review and critique of a classic body-composition constant. Am J Clin Nutr (1999) 1.55
Development of international criteria for a front of package food labelling system: the International Choices Programme. Eur J Clin Nutr (2011) 1.53
Assessment of intra-abdominal and subcutaneous abdominal fat: relation between anthropometry and computed tomography. Am J Clin Nutr (1987) 1.51
Impairment of health and quality of life using new US federal guidelines for the identification of obesity. Arch Intern Med (1999) 1.48
Associations of moderate and severe overweight with self-reported illness and medical care in Dutch adults. Am J Public Health (1986) 1.47
EPODE approach for childhood obesity prevention: methods, progress and international development. Obes Rev (2011) 1.47
Determinants of obesity-related underreporting of energy intake. Am J Epidemiol (1998) 1.46
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Netherlands. Obes Rev (2007) 1.44
Vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone levels in relation to blood pressure: a population-based study in older men and women. J Intern Med (2007) 1.44
Relationships between indices of obesity and its co-morbidities in multi-ethnic Singapore. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2001) 1.44
In obese subjects the body fat percentage calculated with Siri's formula is an overestimation. Eur J Clin Nutr (1989) 1.41
[Increased frequency of icterus in parenterally fed patients after a change of lipid emulsion]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd (1999) 1.40
Other men's (and women's) flowers. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1998) 1.39
Multifrequency impedance in the assessment of body water losses during dialysis. Ren Physiol Biochem (1995) 1.39
Simultaneous quantitative cerebral perfusion and Gd-DTPA extravasation measurement with dual-echo dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI. Magn Reson Med (2000) 1.38
Carbohydrate intake and obesity. Eur J Clin Nutr (2007) 1.37
Body composition in children: proposal for a method for calculating body fat percentage from total body density or skinfold-thickness measurements. Am J Clin Nutr (1989) 1.36
Effect of age on cerebral blood flow: measurement with ungated two-dimensional phase-contrast MR angiography in 250 adults. Radiology (1998) 1.35
Abdominal diameters as indicators of visceral fat: comparison between magnetic resonance imaging and anthropometry. Br J Nutr (1993) 1.32
Manifestation of cardiovascular risk factors at low levels of body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio in Singaporean Chinese. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr (1999) 1.30
Development and validation of a hospital screening tool for malnutrition: the short nutritional assessment questionnaire (SNAQ). Clin Nutr (2005) 1.29
Varying sensitivity of waist action levels to identify subjects with overweight or obesity in 19 populations of the WHO MONICA Project. J Clin Epidemiol (1999) 1.26
Measurement of cerebral perfusion with dual-echo multi-slice quantitative dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging (1999) 1.25
The prevalence of low back pain and associations with body fatness, fat distribution and height. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1997) 1.25
Time trends (1993-1997) and seasonal variation in body mass index and waist circumference in the Netherlands. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2004) 1.23
Overweight: fat distribution and health risks. Epidemiological observations. A review. Infusionstherapie (1989) 1.23
Age standardization in mapping adult overweight and obesity trends in the WHO European Region. Obes Rev (2011) 1.22
Cardiovascular diseases and risk factors in a population-based study in The Netherlands: agreement between questionnaire information and medical records. Neth J Med (1999) 1.22
Effects of sex steroid hormones on regional fat depots as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging in transsexuals. Am J Physiol (1999) 1.21
Association between TV viewing, computer use and overweight, determinants and competing activities of screen time in 4- to 13-year-old children. Int J Obes (Lond) (2011) 1.20
Body fat measurement among Singaporean Chinese, Malays and Indians: a comparative study using a four-compartment model and different two-compartment models. Br J Nutr (2001) 1.18
Human breast cancer in vivo: H-1 and P-31 MR spectroscopy at 1.5 T. Radiology (1988) 1.17
Body fat distribution in relation to breast cancer in women participating in the DOM-project. Breast Cancer Res Treat (1995) 1.15
Long-term and recent time trends in the prevalence of obesity among Dutch men and women. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2002) 1.15
Characterizing the EPODE logic model: unravelling the past and informing the future. Obes Rev (2012) 1.15
MR imaging of vascular stents: effects of susceptibility, flow, and radiofrequency eddy currents. J Vasc Interv Radiol (2001) 1.15
[Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents and preventative measures]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd (2004) 1.13
Seasonal variation in food intake, pattern of physical activity and change in body weight in a group of young adult Dutch women consuming self-selected diets. Int J Obes (1986) 1.13
Relationship between body fat and body mass index: differences between Indonesians and Dutch Caucasians. Eur J Clin Nutr (1998) 1.13
Perception of weight status and dieting behaviour in Dutch men and women. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1999) 1.13
Effect of a weight cycle on visceral fat accumulation. Am J Clin Nutr (1993) 1.11
The relationship between quality of life and perceived body weight and dieting history in Dutch men and women. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2001) 1.11
Common C-to-T substitution at position -480 of the hepatic lipase promoter associated with a lowered lipase activity in coronary artery disease patients. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (1997) 1.11
Underweight and overweight in relation to mortality among men aged 40-59 and 50-69 years: the Seven Countries Study. Am J Epidemiol (2000) 1.11
Six-compartment body composition model: inter-method comparisons of total body fat measurement. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1998) 1.11
Influence of question structure on the recall of self-reported drug use. J Clin Epidemiol (2000) 1.10
Common variants in the ATP-sensitive K+ channel genes KCNJ11 (Kir6.2) and ABCC8 (SUR1) in relation to glucose intolerance: population-based studies and meta-analyses. Diabet Med (2005) 1.09
The impact of adjustment of a weight-height index (W/H2) for frame size on the prediction of body fatness. Br J Nutr (1985) 1.09
Correcting partial volume artifacts of the arterial input function in quantitative cerebral perfusion MRI. Magn Reson Med (2001) 1.09
Limits to the accuracy of vessel diameter measurement in MR angiography. J Magn Reson Imaging (1999) 1.08
Heterogeneity at the CETP gene locus. Influence on plasma CETP concentrations and HDL cholesterol levels. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (1997) 1.07
A method to improve the nutritional quality of foods and beverages based on dietary recommendations. Eur J Clin Nutr (2006) 1.06
Resting metabolic rate and diet-induced thermogenesis in abdominal and gluteal-femoral obese women before and after weight reduction. Am J Clin Nutr (1988) 1.06