International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk

Date	Categories	Title	Author	Format
March 10, 2009	Insulin Resistance Diabetes	Glucose transporters (GLUT)	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (45 KB)
September 16, 2008	Inflammation Insulin Resistance Smoking	Schematic representation of how smoking might add to several mechanisms linking obesity to cardiovascular disease	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (65 KB)
October 19, 2007	Lipids/Lipoproteins	Link between hypertriglyceridemia and small, dense LDL and low HDL	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (50 KB)
October 19, 2007	Adipose Tissue Insulin Resistance Lipids/Lipoproteins	How insulin resistance and dyslipidemia are linked	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (47 KB)
October 19, 2007	Insulin Resistance Lipids/Lipoproteins	The many functions of insulin in lipid metabolism	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (49 KB)
October 19, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Insulin Resistance Lipids/Lipoproteins	The dyslipidemia of intra-abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (46 KB)
October 19, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Lipids/Lipoproteins	Triglyceride and HDL cholesterol levels in non-obese women and in obese women with low or high levels of intra-abdominal adipose tissue	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (49 KB)
October 19, 2007	Lipids/Lipoproteins	Chylomicron metabolism: the fate of dietary fat	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (58 KB)
October 19, 2007	Lipids/Lipoproteins	HDL metabolism: genesis (a) and role in reverse cholesterol transport (b)	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (64 KB)
October 19, 2007	Lipids/Lipoproteins	VLDL remnant metabolism	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (49 KB)
October 19, 2007	Lipids/Lipoproteins	Intravascular VLDL metabolism	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (54 KB)
October 19, 2007	Lipids/Lipoproteins	Cholesterol transport and metabolism	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (55 KB)
October 19, 2007	Lipids/Lipoproteins	Triglyceride transport and metabolism	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (53 KB)
October 18, 2007	Lipids/Lipoproteins	General structure of a lipoprotein	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (51 KB)
October 10, 2007	Diabetes Insulin Resistance	Simplified scheme of insulin action on glucose transport	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (52 KB)
October 10, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Insulin Resistance	Impact of intra-abdominal fat on plasma glucose-insulin homeostasis	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (55 KB)
October 10, 2007	Adipose Tissue Inflammation Insulin Resistance	Model for adipose tissue macrophage polarization and its function in adipose tissue with progressive obesity	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (55 KB)
October 10, 2007	Insulin Resistance Lipids/Lipoproteins	Mechanism of fatty acid-induced insulin resistance in skeletal muscle	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (54 KB)
October 10, 2007	Insulin Resistance Lipids/Lipoproteins	Mechanism of fatty acid-induced insulin resistance in liver	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (55 KB)
October 10, 2007	Inflammation Insulin Resistance	Potential cellular mechanism for activating inflammatory signaling	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (52 KB)
October 10, 2007	Insulin Resistance Lipids/Lipoproteins Obesity	Summary of the effects of insulin on glucose and lipid metabolism in various tissues and the components affected by insulin resistance	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (53 KB)
October 10, 2007	Inflammation Insulin Resistance Obesity	Potential mechanisms for obesity-induced inflammation	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (44 KB)
October 10, 2007	Gender Differences Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution	Adipose Tissue Distribution in Men and Women	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (44 KB)
September 28, 2007	Nutrition Obesity Physical Activity/Exercise	The Concept of Positive Energy Balance	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (40 KB)
September 13, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Hypertension Insulin Resistance	Links between hypertension and cardiovascular disease in insulin resistance and obesity	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (42 KB)
September 11, 2007	Hypertension Age	Changes in blood pressure with age	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (50 KB)
September 09, 2007	Diabetes Epidemiology	Worldwide prevalence of diabetes in 2000 and estimates for the year 2030 in millions	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (50 KB)
September 05, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Physical Activity/Exercise	Beneficial impacts of physical activity on body fatness and metabolic risk of men with intra-abdominal obesity	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (255 KB)
September 05, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Diabetes Insulin Resistance	Schematic representation of the greater relative loss in intra-abdominal adipose tissue as compared with subcutaneous adipose tissue induced by exercise training in the absence of weight loss	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (173 KB)
September 05, 2007	Clinical Trials Diabetes Prevention	Cumulative incidence of diabetes according to study group in the Diabetes Prevention Program	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (153 KB)
September 05, 2007	Metabolic Syndrome Physical Activity/Exercise Prevention	Improvement in cardiometabolic risk factors induced by regular exercise	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (191 KB)
September 05, 2007	Nutrition Physical Activity/Exercise Weight Loss	Composition of a 10-kg weight loss due to exercise and diet in obese men and women	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (142 KB)
September 05, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Physical Activity/Exercise Weight Loss	Effects of exercise with and without consequent weight loss on changes in intra-abdominal fat (IAF)	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (240 KB)
September 05, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Cardiovascular Disease	CVD death rates in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study according to categories of waist circumference (WC) and the presence or absence of two or more other metabolic syndrome risk factors	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (146 KB)
September 05, 2007	Metabolic Syndrome	Criteria proposed for clinical diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (263 KB)
September 05, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Metabolic Syndrome Ethnicity	Ethnic-specific values for waist circumference for the clinical diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome as proposed by the IDF	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (244 KB)
September 05, 2007	Metabolic Syndrome	Criteria for the clinical diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome according to the IDF	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (264 KB)
September 05, 2007	Metabolic Syndrome	Associations of metabolic syndrome components with criteria for the clinical diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome as proposed by the NCEP-ATP III	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (166 KB)
September 05, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Ectopic Fat	Whole body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (143 KB)
September 04, 2007	Cardiovascular Disease Metabolic Syndrome	Relative risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated with the metabolic syndrome of studies included in the meta-analysis of Galassi et al.	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (169 KB)
September 04, 2007	Metabolic Syndrome	Use of hypertriglyceridemic waist as a screening tool to indentifying individuals likely to be characterized by the cluster of abnormalities of the metabolic syndrome	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (238 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Adipose Tissue Obesity	Ultrasonography measurements of abdominal tissue composition	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (187 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Adipose Tissue Obesity	Example of DEXA output	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (200 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution	Greyscale non-segmented and segmented magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abdominal image at L4-L5 in an obese woman	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (169 KB)
September 04, 2007	Ectopic Fat	Greyscale non-segmented and segmented magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image at the mid-thigh in an obese woman	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (153 KB)
September 04, 2007	Ectopic Fat Lipids/Lipoproteins	Measuring skeletal muscle lipid content by computed tomography (CT) in lean and obese men	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (208 KB)
September 04, 2007	Ectopic Fat	Measuring liver fat by computed tomography (CT): normal vs. fatty liver	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (212 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Adipose Tissue	Contribution of intra-abdominal fat to total body fat in men and women	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (145 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Ectopic Fat	Example of a non-segmented and segmented computed tomography (CT) image at the mid-thigh and abdomen (L4-L5)	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (178 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Ectopic Fat	3-D reconstruction of the thigh and abdomen using multiple computed tomography (CT) images	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (158 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution	Measurement of sagittal diameter in the standing and supine positions	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (182 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution	Relationship between intra-abdominal fat with waist circumference (A) and sagittal diameter (B)	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (179 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution	Relationships between changes in intra-abdominal fat and reduction in waist circumference (A) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) (B) in obese women	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (168 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution	Women with high vs. low waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) but the same waist circumference and intra-abdominal adipose tissue (AT)	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (177 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution	Spring-loaded waist circumference measurement tapes	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (169 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution	Self-measured circumference using a Myotape	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (122 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution	Relationship between reductions in waist circumference and intra-abdominal fat	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (148 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Age	Intra-abdominal fat in elderly versus young men with the same waist circumference	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (153 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution	Technician-measured waist circumference using a Myotape (A) or a Gulick tape (B)	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (141 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Adipose Tissue Obesity	Example of a skinfold caliper and of a skinfold measurement (biceps)	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (171 KB)
September 04, 2007	Obesity	BMI categories for classifying normal weight, overweight and obesity in Caucasians	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (165 KB)
September 04, 2007	Adipose Tissue Obesity	Example of a bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) segmental scale also showing an individual on the scale	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (149 KB)
September 04, 2007	Ectopic Fat	Computed tomography imaging of a normal and fatty liver	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (52 KB)
September 04, 2007	Adipose Tissue Ectopic Fat	Lipid overflow hypothesis for the pathogenesis of liver fat	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (48 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Adipokines Thrombosis	Adipose tissue and some of the adipokines/factors involved in the pro-thrombotic state of intra-abdominal obesity	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (62 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Inflammation Metabolic Syndrome	Inflammation: the link between abdominal obesity and global cardiometabolic risk (CVD risk)	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (62 KB)
September 04, 2007	Adipose Tissue Adipokines	Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (50 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Diabetes Obesity	Percentage probability of developing type 2 diabetes in 792 men followed for 13.5 years, according to tertiles of body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (98 KB)
September 04, 2007	Diabetes Obesity	Body mass index and relative risk of type 2 diabetes in women followed for 14 years in the Nurses' Health Study	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (96 KB)
September 04, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Cardiovascular Disease Metabolic Syndrome	Obese individuals with a preferential accumulation of intra-abdominal adipose tissue (AT): subgroup at high CVD risk	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (55 KB)
September 01, 2007	Clinical Trials Obesity Weight Loss	Results of the Rimonabant In Obesity (RIO) program at 1 year	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (234 KB)
September 01, 2007	Cardiovascular Disease Diabetes Metabolism	The endocannabinoid system and CB1 mechanism of action	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (212 KB)
September 01, 2007	Cardiovascular Disease Diabetes Metabolism	The endocannabinoid system and cardiometabolic risk	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (199 KB)
September 01, 2007	Clinical Trials Weight Loss	Effect of rimonabant on body weight over two years	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (192 KB)
September 01, 2007	Clinical Trials Weight Loss	Effects of adding a lifestyle modification program to sibutramine therapy on body weight loss	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (172 KB)
September 01, 2007	Weight Loss	Effect of a six-month treatment with sibutramine on body weight	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (209 KB)
September 01, 2007	Clinical Trials Weight Loss	Effect of orlistat on body weight in a four-year randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (161 KB)
September 01, 2007	Cardiovascular Disease Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome	Risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in U.S. adults according to subgroups of metabolic syndrome (MS) components	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (94 KB)
September 01, 2007	Cardiovascular Disease Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome	Number of metabolic syndrome abnormalities by NCEP-ATP III clinical criteria, diabetes and prevalent CVD and hazard ratios of 10-year risk of fatal and non-fatal CVD	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (39 KB)
September 01, 2007	Metabolism Nutrition	Summary of the interactions between peripheral organs, the central nervous system, and behaviour in regulating food intake	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (57 KB)
August 31, 2007	Nutrition	Handy portion guide	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (183 KB)
August 31, 2007	Nutrition	Meal plans for healthy menu	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (245 KB)
August 31, 2007	Nutrition	Key features of a "sensible" diet for achieving cardiometabolic health	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (230 KB)
August 31, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Ectopic Fat Cardiometabolic Risk	Independent associations between liver fat, intra-abdominal fat and cardiometabolic risk	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (42 KB)
August 31, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Metabolic Syndrome Metabolism	Simplified model of the "portal" theory	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (52 KB)
August 31, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Ethnicity	Evidence for a greater relative accumulation of intra-abdominal adipose tissue (AT) in Japanese than Caucasian Americans	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (54 KB)
August 31, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Ethnicity	Relative accumulation of intra-abdominal vs. subcutaneous depot according to ethnicity	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (48 KB)
August 31, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Metabolic Syndrome Steroid Hormones	Development of an atherogenic profile associated with menopause-related gain in intra-abdominal adiposity	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (47 KB)
August 31, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Steroid Hormones	Increase in intra-abdominal adipose tissue (AT) accumulation associated with menopause	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (50 KB)
August 31, 2007	Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution Obesity	Seven-year changes in BMI (a), waist circumference (b) and intra-abdominal adipose tissue (c) in pre-menopausal women (N=32)	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (108 KB)
August 31, 2007	Gender Differences Age Abdominal Obesity / Body Fat Distribution	Age-related changes in intra-abdominal adipose tissue distribution in (a) men and (b) women	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (54 KB)
August 31, 2007	Cardiovascular Disease Hypertension	Ten-year risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) by systolic blood pressure (SBP) and presence of other risk factors	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (48 KB)
August 31, 2007	Hypertension	Classification of blood pressure for adults	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (46 KB)
August 31, 2007	Cardiovascular Disease Obesity	Obesity as a modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (45 KB)
August 31, 2007	Cardiovascular Disease Insulin Resistance Metabolic Syndrome	Respective contribution of type 2 diabetic hyperglycemia versus the clustering of abdominal obesity-related risk factors (metabolic syndrome) to the increased coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in diabetes	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (46 KB)
August 31, 2007	Cardiovascular Disease Metabolic Syndrome	Age-adjusted prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the U.S. population over 50 years of age, categorized by presence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and type 2 diabetes	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (41 KB)
August 31, 2007	Physical Activity/Exercise	Components of total energy expenditure in an initially sedentary man eating 2800 kcal/day (A), who increases physical activity (B); who adds daily physical exercice (C)	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (52 KB)
August 31, 2007	Obesity Age	Overweight and obesity by age, United States, 1960-2000	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (102 KB)
August 31, 2007	Diabetes Epidemiology	Regional estimates for diabetes 20-79 age group, 2003 and 2025	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 480 X 360 pixels (57 KB)
August 30, 2007	Cardiovascular Disease Hypertension	Traditional risk factors and emerging markers contributing to cardiometabolic risk	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Image Base 800 X 600 pixels (232 KB)

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