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- Daphne P. Guh, Wei Zhang, Nick Bansback, Zubin Amarsi, C Laird Birmingham, Aslam Hayat Anis
- BMC public health
- 2009
BACKGROUND
Overweight and obese persons are at risk of a number of medical conditions which can lead to further morbidity and mortality. The primary objective of this study is to provide an estimate… (More)
- C Laird Birmingham, Jan-Peter Muller, Anita Palepu, John Spinelli, Aslam Hayat Anis
- CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal…
- 1999
BACKGROUND
Almost one-third of adult Canadians are at increased risk of disability, disease and premature death because of being obese. In order to allocate limited health care resources rationally,… (More)
- Aslam Hayat Anis, Wei Zhang, Nick Bansback, Daphne P. Guh, Zubin Amarsi, C Laird Birmingham
- Obesity reviews : an official journal of the…
- 2010
This study is to update the estimates of the economic burden of illness because of overweight and obesity in Canada by incorporating the increase in prevalence of overweight and obesity, findings of… (More)
- Scott A Lear, Karin H. Humphries, Simi Kohli, Arun Chockalingam, Jiri J Frohlich, C Laird Birmingham
- The American journal of clinical nutrition
- 2007
BACKGROUND
It was suggested that body fat distribution differs across ethnic groups, and this may be important when considering risk of disease. Previous studies have not adequately investigated… (More)
- Scott A Lear, Karin H. Humphries, Simi Kohli, C Laird Birmingham
- Obesity
- 2007
OBJECTIVE
To compare the prediction of percentage body fat using BMI and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) using waist circumference (WC) in individuals of Chinese, European, and South Asian origin.
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- Elliot M. Goldner, Suja Srikameswaran, Ma lgorzata Schroeder, W. John Livesley, C Laird Birmingham
- Psychiatry Research
- 1999
This study examined patients with eating disorders on personality pathology using a dimensional method. Female subjects who met DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for eating disorder (n = 136) were evaluated… (More)
Background: Overweight and obese persons are at risk of a number of medical conditions which can lead to further morbidity and mortality. The primary objective of this study is to provide an estimate… (More)
- C Laird Birmingham, Jenny Yuezhen Su, Julia A Hlynsky, Elliot M. Goldner, Min Gao
- The International journal of eating disorders
- 2005
OBJECTIVE
We determined the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) in our anorexia nervosa (AN) patient population.
METHOD
We used a cross-sectional design to study an inception cohort (1981-2000)… (More)
- Josie Geller, Charlotte A Johnston, Kellianne Madsen, Elliot M. Goldner, Ronald A. Remick, C Laird Birmingham
- The International journal of eating disorders
- 1998
OBJECTIVES
To determine the psychometric properties of the Shape- and Weight-Based Self-Esteem (SAWBS) Inventory in women with eating disorders, and to compare SAWBS scores in women who have eating… (More)
- Scott A Lear, C Laird Birmingham, Arun Chockalingam, Karin H. Humphries
- Ethnicity & disease
- 2006
OBJECTIVE
To outline the study design of the Multicultural Community Health Assessment Trial (M-CHAT). The purpose of the study is to compare the relationship between visceral adipose tissue (VAT)… (More)