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- adjective medicine Concerning both
heart disease andmetabolic disorders such asdiabetes
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As readers of these postings are probably well aware, male-pattern abdominal or belly fat deposition is a strong risk factor for the development of diabetes, hypertension, and other cardiometabolic risk factors.
How Menopause Turns Women Into SWANs | Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes 2010
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The extent to which atypical antipsychotic medications promote weight gain and increase cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents was recently addressed by Christoph Correll and colleagues from the Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY, in a paper published in JAMA.
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Regular readers are certainly familiar with my many posts on the limitations of BMI and on the idea that not all fat is bad and that different fat depots may have quite different effects on cardiometabolic risk.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Big Butts and Thighs Equals Lower Risk? 2010
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Whatever the precise mechanism, it certainly appears that menopause increases the risk of visceral fat accumulation and thus brings women closer to the cardiometabolic risk profile normally seen in men.
How Menopause Turns Women Into SWANs | Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes 2010
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Dr. VGONTZAS: Stress hormones are good on an acute basis, but on a chronic basis, they can cause a lot of problems, including cardiometabolic disorders.
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Dr. VGONTZAS: Stress hormones are good on an acute basis, but on a chronic basis, they can cause a lot of problems, including cardiometabolic disorders.
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So, there is nothing at all radical -- particularly in a patient who is reticent about taking drugs -- in attempting to modify cardiometabolic risk with a lifestyle intervention.
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Dr. VGONTZAS: Stress hormones are good on an acute basis, but on a chronic basis, they can cause a lot of problems, including cardiometabolic disorders.
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So, there is nothing at all radical -- particularly in a patient who is reticent about taking drugs -- in attempting to modify cardiometabolic risk with a lifestyle intervention.
David Katz, M.D.: Lifestyle Changes vs. Medication: When Each Is Right 2010
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Dr. VGONTZAS: Stress hormones are good on an acute basis, but on a chronic basis, they can cause a lot of problems, including cardiometabolic disorders.
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