Submissions tagged with Obesity
(13 documents)
The Effect of a Reduced-Calorie Diet on alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptor Responsiveness in Abdominal Adipose Tissue in Obese Men During Exercise
There is at present an imperfect understanding of the effect of diet on availability of inhibitory receptors in fat cells during exercise among obese men. Objective: The purpose of this study…
Received 26 April 2008 04:55 UTC; Posted 28 April 2008
Posted to: Molecular Cell Biology
Gender Differential in the Association of Body Mass Index and Abdominal Obesity with Prehypertension and Hypertension in Iranian Adults
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the gender differential in the relationship of body mass index (BMI) and abdominal obesity with blood pressure (BP) and prevalence of hypertensio…
Received 24 April 2008 11:34 UTC; Posted 24 April 2008
Posted to: Ecology
Polymorphisms of the ENPP1 gene are not associated with type 2 diabetes or obesity in the Chinese Han population
Objective: Type 2 Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia and with a major feature of insulin resistance. Genetic association studies have suggested that …
Received 31 March 2008 05:58 UTC; Posted 01 April 2008
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics