15 Tales of a fat-tailed macropod Steve Brown Telling tails I begin with two short tales about big tails. In October 2014, I spent four days exploring, experiencing and discussing World Heritage listed rock markings in the Altai Mountains in far western Mongolia (Brown et al. 201…
Abstract Purpose: To assess feasibility and accuracy of Point-of-care (POC) NMR-PDFF in phantoms and in a human pilot study in a POC setting. Methods: POC NMR (LiverScope, Livivos, San Diego CA) PDFF measurements were obtained of certified phantoms with known PDFF values (0–40%).…
Abstract Background: Quantitative-chemical-shift-encoded (CSE)-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods have been applied to the liver. The feasibility and potential utility CSE-MRI in monitoring changes in pancreatic proton density fat fraction (PDFF) have not yet been demonstra…
Assessing the Association between Leptin and Bone Mineral Density in HIV-Infected Men - PMC Skip to main content Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock ( ) or https:// me…
Abstract AIM To investigate the relationship between bone marrow fat content and hepatic fat content in children with known or suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). MATERIALS AND METHODS This was an institutional review board-approved, Health Insurance Portability …
IMAGING ASSESSMENT OF NAFLD Imaging evaluation of the liver has several advantages over liver biopsy and serum biomarkers in the evaluation of NAFLD, including: (1) non-invasiveness; (2) evaluation a greater volume of liver parenchyma than biopsy, which reduces sampling error in …
Abstract We investigated the relationship between gut health, visceral fat dysfunction and metabolic disorders in diet-induced obesity. C57BL/6J mice were fed control or high saturated fat diet (HFD). Circulating glucose, insulin and inflammatory markers were measured. Proximal c…
A big fat mess: 8 things to know about unhealthy fat By Caitlin Dow, PhD Updated: March 6, 2026 Emin - stock.adobe.com. “We are ending the war on saturated fats,” proclaimed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in January as he announced the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans…
Introduction Overweight and obesity are well-established risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). 1 Women are particularly prone to obesity during reproductive life stages such as pregnancy and menopause. 2 Weight gain is a symptom of menopause experienced by 60%–70% of mid…
Frontiers | The Many Facets of Erythropoietin Physiologic and Metabolic Response REVIEW article Front. Physiol. , 17 January 2020 Sec. Red Blood Cell Physiology Volume 10 - 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.01534 The Many Facets of Erythropoietin Physiologic and Metabolic…
1. Introduction Adipocyte differentiation is thought to be regulated by a series of transcription factors, including the C/EBPs protein family [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor g (PPARγ) [ 4 ]. On the one hand, retinoic acid (RA), the main product of al…
The Mirth of Girth: Don Quixote’s Stout Squire Anthony J. Cárdenas-Rotunno University of New Mexico I t would be difficult, if not impossible, to find a more fitting foil for Cervantes’s Don Quixote than his plump squire. Sancho’s girth has not gone unnoticed since he first appea…
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Sarah Gillborn (corresponding author) Leeds Beckett University, UK https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6581-2809 @sarahgillborn [email protected] Bridgette Rickett Leeds Beckett University, UK [email protected] Tom Muskett Leeds Beckett University, UK [email protected] Maxine Woolhouse L…
Citation: Gillborn, S and Rickett, B and Muskett, T and Woolhouse, M (2020) Apocalyptic public health: exploring discourses of fatness in childhood ‘obesity’ policy. Journal of Education Policy, 35 (1). pp. 3-22. ISSN 0268-0939 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2019.1566839 L…