Angelo Tremblay

TL;DR: This paper conducted a genome-wide association study and meta-analysis of body mass index (BMI), a measure commonly used to define obesity and assess adiposity, in up to 339,224 individuals.

TL;DR: It is suggested from data that waist circumference values above approximately 100 cm, or abdominal sagittal diameter values > 25 cm are most likely to be associated with potentially "atherogenic" metabolic disturbances.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the most likely explanation for the intrapair similarity in the adaptation to long-term overfeeding and for the variations in weight gain and fat distribution among the pairs of twins is that genetic factors are involved.

TL;DR: A consensus meeting was held in Bangkok, 21–23 May 2002, where experts and young scientists in the field of physical activity, energy expenditure and body‐weight regulation discussed the different aspects ofPhysical activity in relation to the emerging problem of obesity worldwide.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that the amount of visceral AT and the ratio of abdominal to femoral AT measured by CT are important correlates of the alterations in carbohydrate and lipoprotein metabolism observed in obese men, and suggest that, in men, a high accumulation of femoral fat may be protective against the adverse effects of obesity, particularly abdominal obesity, on plasma lipop protein levels.