Short-term trajectories of exercise-induced plasma lipid changes in overweight females, with a focus on HDL-cholesterol.

Background: Increased levels of plasma lipoproteins are among some of the modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Dietary changes and increased physical activity are the most powerful non-pharmacological interventions for achieving optimal plasma lipid levels.

Objectives: To investigate the effect of an intensive short-term lifestyle intervention on plasma lipid trajectories in overweight non-diabetic females.

Body Composition Changes in Adult Females after Lifestyle Intervention Are Influenced by the NYD-SP18 Variant.

Aim: The study focuses on the analysis of the possible relationship between a common NYD-SP18 (rs6971091, G>A) gene polymorphism and weight loss after lifestyle intervention (combined dietary intake and physical activity) in overweight/obese females.

Methods: We genotyped 139 unrelated non-diabetic Czech females (49.5 ± 13.

Which index best correlates with body fat mass: BAI, BMI, waist or WHR?

Objectives: The body mass index (BMI) has been the most commonly applied clinical measure to characterise body composition in individuals. However, the BMI has been criticised as being an inaccurate measure of body fatness. Recently, a new index reflecting body composition, the Body Adiposity Index (BAI) was proposed.

Alcoholic chronic pancreatitis and liver cirrhosis: coincidence and differences in lifestyle.

Background/objectives: Alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (ACP) and liver cirrhosis (ALC) are sequels of excessive alcohol intake. They develop in a minority of long-term alcohol consumers. Their concomitant occurrence is rare and the organ selection remains unknown.

Possible effect of DHA intake on body weight reduction and lipid metabolism in obese children.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to determine whether increased intake of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) would affect the weight loss or the various biochemical parameters in the blood of obese children following dietary/physical intervention. There were 120 obese (BMIs≥30 kg/m(2); mean 33.5 ± 3.

An AHSG gene variant modulates basal metabolic rate and body composition development after a short-time lifestyle intervention.

Objectives: The AHSG (alpha2 Heremans-Schmid glycoprotein) gene is suggested to be important for the regulation of body fat and insulin sensitivity. Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between the common Thr248Met (rs4917) variant and obesity characteristics after an intervention with overweight females.

Material And Methods: We analyzed 105 unrelated overweight/obese nondiabetic Czech adult females (49.

Dietary intake reports fidelity--fact or fiction?

Objectives: Bias is common in the assessment of self-reported dietary intake and physical activity. Little is known about the reasons for this underreporting, which is obtained even from rural individuals and lean subjects.

Material And Methods: Healthy volunteers (16 males, aged 18-55 years) were given two different full diets (high and low in saturated fat), each for a period of 4 weeks.

The consumption of the carp meat and plasma lipids in secondary prevention in the heart ischemic disease patients.

Objectives: Omega-3 fatty acids (FA) have been shown to be protective against cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The effect of the consumption of carp meat on CVD risk factors has not yet been examined in detail. We ascertained the influence of a diet enriched with carp meat with an elevated content of omega-3FA (200 g twice weekly for 4 weeks) in a group of subjects after cardiac revascularization surgery for ischemic heart disease with a follow-up spa treatment.

The decrease in C-reactive protein concentration after diet and physical activity induced weight reduction is associated with changes in plasma lipids, but not interleukin-6 or adiponectin.

Subclinical inflammation is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms underlying increased levels of inflammatory markers and their changes in response to weight loss are not fully understood yet. It has been proposed that elevated concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) are mediated by cytokines produced in adipose tissue.