International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk

CMR Short Reviews
- The Concept of CMR
  Historical background on global cardiometabolic risk, epidemiological aspects of obesity and type 2 diabetes, ABCs of cardiovascular disease risk factors, intra-abdominal adiposity, metabolic syndrome and contribution to cardiometabolic risk.
- Evaluating CMR
  Research and clinical tools to identify individuals with excess intra-abdominal adiposity and quantify their risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (global cardiometabolic risk).
- Managing CMR
  Notions and practical tools to better manage the abdominally obese patient with excess intra-abdominal adiposity and related clustering abnormalities.
Documentation Centre
- Slides, videos and more

Date	Categories	Title	Author	Format
November 21, 2008	Adipose Tissue Ectopic Fat Documentation Centre	What is the right amount of fat?	Stephen O'Rahilly, MD, FRCP, FRS, Head of Department and Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK	Expert Opinions Video 1:14 min. (4 MB)
September 01, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Ectopic Fat	Is visceral obesity a marker of ectopic fat distribution?	Stephen O'Rahilly, MD, FRCP, FRS, Head of Department and Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK	Expert Opinions Video 0:56 min. (3 MB)
September 01, 2007	Adipose Tissue Metabolic Syndrome Obesity	Should we redefine what constitutes obesity? Is it excess adipose tissue mass or rather dysfunctional adipose tissue?	Stephen O'Rahilly, MD, FRCP, FRS, Head of Department and Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK	Expert Opinions Video 1:11 min. (4 MB)
September 01, 2007	Adipokines Ectopic Fat Metabolic Syndrome	What are the clinical implications of the dysmetabolic profile of lipodystrophic patients? How does this affect the key causes of the metabolic syndrome?	Stephen O'Rahilly, MD, FRCP, FRS, Head of Department and Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK	Expert Opinions Video 1:26 min. (5 MB)

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Documentation Centre