Welcome to the 5th edition of the ICCR Congress now named ICCR Congress on...
By the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk Initially named the International Congress on Abdominal Obesity, the ICCR conference has rapidly become the international platform to discuss novel...
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Internationally renowned speakers will present their most recent scientific data on physical activity, exercise, nutrition and health with a strong focus on prevention at the 5th ICCR Congress on...
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Highlights of the 5th ICCR Congress on Chronic Societal Cardiometabolic Diseases
By the International Chair Cardiometabolic Risk The Organising Committee of the 5th ICCR Congress would like to thank all participants for taking part in the meeting held in Québec City on July 8-12,...
View ArticleEurope cannot afford to sit still
By The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk Obesity is one of the biggest threats to public health worldwide. Efforts to tighten the belt on the epidemic of the 21st century should be top...
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The 2015 dietary guidelines for Americans: The culture of health will have...
By Benoit Arsenault, PhD, Assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval By law, the U.S. government is required to publish a new version of its dietary guidelines...
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The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk Global Sugar-Sweetened...
By Benoit Arsenault, PhD, Assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval The epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes are affecting most if not all developed...
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ICCR/EHLA UK in partnership with The Sugar Reduction Summit
On 22 September 2016, the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk (ICCR) and the European Healthy Lifestyle Alliance (EHLA) UK partnered with The Sugar Reduction Summit to deliver a one-day...
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ICCR/EHLA UK in partnership with The Sugar Reduction Summit (copy 1)
On 22 September 2016, the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk (ICCR) and the European Healthy Lifestyle Alliance (EHLA) UK partnered with The Sugar Reduction Summit to deliver a one-day...
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2016 International conference on weight management, lifestyle, and...
By the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk (ICCR) and the Chinese Medical Association co-organized the first Chinese International Congress on...
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Abdominal obesity: a causal risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases
By Benoit Arsenault, PhD, Assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval The strong association between abdominal obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and...
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The Annual Conference of Chinese Health Management Society
By the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk (ICCR) For its second collaboration with the Chinese Medical Association, the ICCR held a conference in Chongqing under the presidency of Professor...
View ArticleAchieving ideal cardiovascular health: Still a long way to go!
By the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk (ICCR) According to the latest statistics of the American Heart Association (AHA), death rates attributable to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have...
View ArticleAchieving ideal cardiovascular health: Still a long way to go!
By the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk (ICCR) According to the latest statistics of the American Heart Association (AHA), death rates attributable to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have...
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IAS/ICCR Satellite Symposium, June 13, 2018
Abdominal obesity, visceral obesity in particular, is the most dangerous form of obesity. An excess of abdominal visceral fat is associated with metabolic disorders leading to type 2 diabetes,...
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The visceral obesity phenotype: Deeply scrutinized at the IAS/ICCR satellite...
By the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk Co-chaired by Drs. Yuji Matsuzawa and Jean-Pierre Després, the satellite symposium held in Toronto on June 13, 2018, and entitled Visceral adiposity...
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2018 Annual Conference of Chinese Medical Association
By the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk (ICCR) The ICCR held its third collaborative activity with the Chinese Medical Association during the 2018 International Forum on Continuing...
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SAVE THE DATE!The ANZOS-ASLM-ICCR 2019 Joint Scientific Meeting will be held...
The ANZOS-ASLM-ICCR 2019 Joint Scientific Meeting will be held in Sydney, Australia, from 16 to 18 October 2019 at the International Convention Centre in Sydney. This year sees the coming together of...
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Visceral obesity as a risk factor for chronic societal disease is being...
Visceral obesity as a risk factor for chronic societal disease is being recognized in a global consensus paper published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology By...
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Lifestyle, obesity and health: News from Australia!
The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk (ICCR) co-organized an international conference in collaboration with the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) and the Australasian...
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Waist circumference as a vital sign in clinical practice is being recognized...
Although many studies published over the last decades have consistently shown that a large waist circumference is associated with a deteriorated cardiometabolic risk profile predictive of an increased...
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