Effects of body mass index on foot posture alignment and core stability in a healthy adult population

Background:Several studies have shown that there is a link between body mass index (BMI) and painful foot imputed to a biomechanical change in foot structure [1].Objectives:Our objective was to study the association between BMI and static foot disorders in gonarthrosic subjects.Methods:It was a prospective descriptive study conducted in the rheumatology department of the Mohamed Kassab Institute of Orthopedics with 60 patients with Gonarthrosis. The socio-demographic data of the patients were studied. BMI was calculated for all patients. Static foot disorders have been studied.Results:Sixty patients were included, 83.3% of whom were female. The average age was 55.2 years [38-78 years]. The disease has been evolving for an average of 6 years [1-13 years]. The lesion was bilateral in 80% of cases, the average body mass index was 30.4 kg / m2 [24-36]. Knee arthritis was classified as stage I, II and III according to the Kellgren and Lawrence classification in 18.5%, 55.6% and 25.9% of patients respectively. The foot examination involved 108 gonarthrosic limbs. Examination of the integuments showed hyperkeratosis in 94.4% of the cases (79.6% calluses and 83.3% callosities). Forefoot deformities were Hallux valgus (HV) in 52.8% of cases and overlapping toes in 18.5% of cases. Pronation deformity using the Foot Posture Index (FPI) was found in 51.9% of cases. Abnormal lowering of navicular bone was noted in 51.9%. The podoscopic impression revealed flat feet in 73.2% of the cases.A statistically significant association was found between BMI and the presence of calluses (31.21 ± 2.897 vs26.83 ± 1.425, p <0.001), with HV (31.37 ± 3.086 vs29.49 ± 2.969, p = 0.002), at the overlap of the toes (33.2 ± 1.361vs29.86 ± 1.130, p <0.001), with the lowering of the navicular bone (31.17 ± 2.885vs29.68 ± 3.304, p = 0.015), FPI (p = 0.003) and flat podoscopic impression (p <0.001).Conclusion:BMI is strongly associated with static feet disorders in gonarthrosic patients by aggravating the postural changes in the foot caused by knee osteoarthritis [2]. Obesity is associated mainly with the existence of flat feet, pronation of the foot, toes deformities and hyperkeratosis.References:[1]Steele JR, Mickle KJ, Munro B. Fat flat frail feet: how does obesity affect the older foot. XXII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics; 2009[2]Norton AA, Callaghan JJ, Amendola A, Phisitkul P, Wongsak S, Liu SS, et al. Correlation of knee and hindfoot deformities in advanced knee OA: compensatory hindfoot alignment and where it occurs. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015;473(1):166-74Disclosure of Interests:None declared

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Lifestyle Changes and Body Mass Index during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: An Italian Online-Survey

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu13041117 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 1117

Author(s):

Silvia Maffoni ◽

Silvia Brazzo ◽

Rachele De Giuseppe ◽

Ginevra Biino ◽

Ilaria Vietti ◽

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Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Body Mass ◽

Online Survey ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Phase 1 ◽

Adult Population ◽

Lifestyle Changes ◽

Eating Behaviours ◽

Public Health Services ◽

Activity Frequency

Background. COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a period of contingency measures, including total or partial lockdowns all over the world leading to several changes in lifestyle/eating behaviours. This retrospective cohort study aimed at investigating Italian adult population lifestyle changes during COVID-19 pandemic “Phase 1” lockdown (8 March–4 May 2020) and discriminate between positive and negative changes and BMI (body mass index) variations (ΔBMI). Methods. A multiple-choice web-form survey was used to collect retrospective data regarding lifestyle/eating behaviours during “Phase 1” in the Italian adult population. According to changes in lifestyle/eating behaviours, the sample was divided into three classes of changes: “negative change”, “no change”, “positive change”. For each class, correlations with ΔBMI were investigated. Results. Data were collected from 1304 subjects (973F/331M). Mean ΔBMI differed significantly (p < 0.001) between classes, and was significantly related to water intake, alcohol consumption, physical activity, frequency of “craving or snacking between meals”, dessert/sweets consumption at lunch. Conclusions. During “Phase 1”, many people faced several negative changes in lifestyle/eating behaviours with potential negative impact on health. These findings highlight that pandemic exacerbates nutritional issues and most efforts need to be done to provide nutrition counselling and public health services to support general population needs.

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Associations between Apolipoprotein E Genotype, Diet, Body Mass Index, and Serum Lipids in Lithuanian Adult Population

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0041525 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 7 (7) ◽

pp. e41525 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Janina Petkeviciene ◽

Alina Smalinskiene ◽

Dalia Ieva Luksiene ◽

Kristina Jureniene ◽

Vitalija Ramazauskiene ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Apolipoprotein E ◽

Body Mass ◽

Serum Lipids ◽

Adult Population ◽

Apolipoprotein E Genotype

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The Future Excess Fraction of Cancer Attributable to High Body Mass Index in Australia

Journal of Global Oncology ◽

10.1200/jgo.18.78402 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement 2) ◽

pp. 194s-194s ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R. Carey ◽

R. Norman ◽

D. Whiteman ◽

A. Reid ◽

R. Neale ◽

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Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Body Mass ◽

Adult Population ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

High Body Mass Index ◽

Overweight And Obesity ◽

High Body ◽

Increased Risk ◽

The Future ◽

Future Burden

Background: High body mass index (BMI > 25 kg/m2) has been found to be associated with an increased risk of many cancers, including cancers of the colon and rectum, liver, and pancreas. Aim: This study aimed to estimate the future burden of cancer resulting from current levels of overweight and obesity in Australia. Methods: The future excess fraction method was used to estimate the future burden of cancer among the proportion of the Australian adult population who were overweight or obese in 2016. Calculations were conducted for 13 cancer types, including cancers of the colon, rectum, kidney, and liver. Results: The cohort of 18.7 million adult Australians in 2016 will develop ∼7.6 million cancers over their lifetime. Of these, ∼402,500 cancers (5.3%) will be attributable to current levels of overweight and obese. The majority of these will be postmenopausal breast cancers (n = 72,300), kidney cancers (n = 59,200), and colon cancers (n = 55,100). More than a quarter of future endometrial cancers (30.3%) and esophageal adenocarcinomas (35.8%) will be attributable to high body mass index. Conclusion: A significant proportion of future cancers will result from current levels of high body mass index. Our estimates are not directly comparable to past estimates of the burden from overweight and obesity because they describe different quantities - future cancers in currently exposed vs current cancers due to past exposures. The results of this study provide us with relevant up-to-date information about how many cancers in Australia could be prevented.

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Prevalence of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Population of Selected Regions of the Czech Republic. Relation to Eating Habits and Smoking

Prague Medical Report ◽

10.14712/23362936.2015.18 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 113 (3) ◽

pp. 206-216 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Michala Vosátková ◽

J. Čeřovská ◽

H. Zamrazilová ◽

P. Hoskovcová ◽

M. Dvořáková ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Metabolic Syndrome ◽

Body Mass Index ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Body Mass ◽

Eating Habits ◽

Adult Population ◽

Total Sample ◽

Female Group ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Metabolic Syndrome

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is around 25% in Europe but its occurrence grows in both genders with increasing age and weight. Lifestyle factors may contribute to the risk of developing metabolic syndrome. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between metabolic syndrome and eating habits as well as length of sleep and smoking. Participants (519 women and 286 men aged 18–65 years) were chosen by random selection and questioned about their eating habits, sleep length and smoking. This information was combined with anthropometric and clinical parameters of metabolic syndrome. The female group was divided into two subgroups depending on climacteric stage (before and after menopause). Metabolic syndrome prevalence does not differ between regions in neither female (29.9%) nor male (32.5%) group. Body mass index ≥25 was detected in 50.4% of all women and 65.7% of men; 23.5% of all women and 21.7% men had body mass index ≥30. In conclusion, metabolic syndrome prevalence was proved to depend on eating habits and family heredity. Positive correlation between the above mentioned factors demonstrated itself in the total sample but not in individual regions. Metabolic syndrome prevalence in Czech adults is comparable with neighbouring countries. No significant interregional differences in metabolic syndrome prevalence within the Czech Republic were detected. In conclusion, relationship between eating habits and metabolic syndrome was confirmed.

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Increasing Body Mass Index Predicts Rapid Decline in Renal Function: A 5 Year Retrospective Study

Hormone and Metabolic Research ◽

10.1055/a-0599-6360 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 50 (07) ◽

pp. 556-561 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Xiaojing Ma ◽

Chengyin Zhang ◽

Hong Su ◽

Xiaojie Gong ◽

Xianglei Kong

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Chronic Kidney Disease ◽

Renal Function ◽

Retrospective Study ◽

Kidney Disease ◽

Body Mass ◽

Adult Population ◽

Rapid Decline ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Baseline Bmi

AbstractWhile obesity is a recognized risk factor for chronic kidney disease, it remains unclear whether change in body mass index (ΔBMI ) is independently associated with decline in renal function (evaluated by the change in estimated glomerular filtration rate, ΔeGFR) over time. Accordingly, to help clarify this we conducted a retrospective study to measure the association of ΔBMI with decline in renal function in Chinese adult population. A total of 4007 adults (aged 45.3±13.7 years, 68.6% male) without chronic kidney disease at baseline were enrolled between 2008 and 2013. Logistic regression models were applied to explore the relationships between baseline BMI and ΔBMI, and rapid decline in renal function (defined as the lowest quartile of ΔeGFR ). During 5 years of follow-up, the ΔBMI and ΔeGFR were 0.47±1.6 (kg/m2) and –3.0±8.8 (ml/min/1.73 m2), respectively. After adjusted for potential confounders, ΔBMI (per 1 kg/m2 increase) was independently associated with the rapid decline in renal function [with a fully adjusted OR of 1.12 (95% CI, 1.05 to 1.20). By contrast, the baseline BMI was not associated with rapid decline in renal function [OR=1.05 (95% CI, 0.98 to 1.13)]. The results were robust among 2948 hypertension-free and diabetes-free participants, the adjusted ORs of ΔBMI and baseline BMI were 1.14 (95% CI, 1.05 to 1.23) and 1.0 (95% CI, 0.96 to 1.04) for rapid decline in renal function, respectively. The study revealed that increasing ΔBMI predicts rapid decline in renal function.

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Prediction of body mass index for the adult population of Australia: Age-cohort trend analysis

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice ◽

10.1016/j.orcp.2016.10.273 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 107-108

Author(s):

King Wa Tam ◽

Michelle M. Haby ◽

Lennert Veerman

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Trend Analysis ◽

Body Mass ◽

Adult Population ◽

Age Cohort

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A végrehajtó funkciók összefüggése a testtömegindexszel és a DRD4-VNTR 7-es alléllal

Orvosi Hetilap ◽

10.1556/650.2019.31498 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 160 (39) ◽

pp. 1554-1562

Author(s):

Julianna Bircher ◽

Eszter Kótyuk ◽

Renáta Cserjési ◽

Andrea Vereczkei ◽

Zsolt Rónai ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Body Mass ◽

Adult Population ◽

Normal Weight ◽

Normal Body Mass Index ◽

Repeat Allele ◽

Non Invasive ◽

Body Mass Regulation ◽

Normal Mean ◽

Overweight Subjects

Abstract: Introduction and aim: Earlier results in the literature suggest that overweight subjects show weaker performance in executive function tasks as compared to normal weight people. Dopaminergic system is strongly linked to executive functions, body mass regulation and ingestion. The aim of the present study was to examine the possible relationship between DRD4 VNTR 7-repeat allele, body mass index and Stroop performance in a healthy adult population, and to draw psychogenetic conclusions. Method: 152 subjects without diabetic or psychiatric history participated in the study. Along with non-invasive DNA sampling, demographic, weight and height data were collected. The participants also solved the computerized Stroop task. 11 subjects belonged to the underweight (mean body mass index = 17.9 kg/m2), 98 subjects to the normal (mean body mass index = 21.8 kg/m2), and 43 subjects to the overweight (mean body mass index = 28.9 kg/m2) category. After grouping participants according to their body mass index and DRD4 VNTR genotype, we compared their mean performance to investigate the possible psychogenetic associations. Results: Body mass index and stimuli type showed significant interaction on error number (p = 0.045): subjects with normal body mass index made significantly less error as compared to under- and overweight subjects in incongruent trials. The 7-repeat allele carriers made tendentiously more errors than non-carriers. Normal weight people made less error – independently from their genotype –, while subjects with either low or high BMI carrying the 7-repeat allele made more errors compared to non-carriers. Conclusion: Under- and overweight subjects perform weaker where inhibition is necessary in the task. This may reflect their reactions to food-related situations. Orv Hetil. 2019; 160(39): 1554–1562.

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