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Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: Executive summary

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This article is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The article was published on 1998-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3575 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Overweight.

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Predictive values of waist circumference for dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes and hypertension in overweight White, Black, and Hispanic American adults.

TL;DR: These cut-points failed to provide adequate evidence for the use of WC in determining or evaluating patients as to co-morbid states and are recommended for further studies to determine a set of specific cut- points associated with increased risk of CVD in different population groups.
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Changing Nutrition, Physical Activity and Body Weight among Student Nurses and Midwives: Effects of a Planning Intervention and Self-efficacy Beliefs

TL;DR: Baseline self-efficacy moderated the effects of the intervention: only respondents reporting strong efficacy beliefs improved their diet and exercise.
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Associations of Total Energy and Macronutrients with Colon Cancer Risk in African Americans and Whites: Results from the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study

TL;DR: Total energy intake was consistently associated with colon cancer risk, but associations with individual macronutrients varied somewhat by race and by adjustment for energy intake, which may provide an explanation for some of the racial differences in colon cancer incidence.
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Prevalence of dyslipidemia and risk factors in Campos dos Goytacazes, in the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro

TL;DR: The frequency of lipid changes in the population studied was high, suggesting that measures for the early diagnosis should be taken, in association with implementation of programs for primary and secondary prevention of atherosclerosis.
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Relation between chronic periodontal disease and plasmatic levels of triglycerides, total cholesterol and fractions.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that there is no significant relationship between periodontal disease, regardless of its intensity, and blood lipid levels in the studied population.
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