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Effectiveness, tolerability and practical application of the newer generation anti-obesity medications [PDF]
Drugs in Context, 2016 Objective: Comparison of the efficacy and tolerability of five newer anti-obesity medications to guide clinical decision making, examining bupropion–naltrexone combination, liraglutide, lorcaserin, orlistat, and phentermine–topiramate combination ...
Jeffrey S MacDaniels, Thomas L Schwartz
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Obesity stigma in young children [PDF]
, 2011 The prevalence of obesity has increased over recent years but obesity stigma remains widespread. The main aim of this study was to examine whether the hypothesised rejection of fatness by young children is specific to overweight or common to other ...
Rowlinson, Madaleine
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General practitioners’ beliefs about obesity and their decision to treat [PDF]
, 2013 The current study explored the relationships between GPs‟ beliefs about the cause of obesity and treatment choices. Participants (n = 81) responded to two sets of materials; vignettes featuring obese patients in which the grade and cause of obesity were ...
Hartley, Nicholas Terry
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Anti-Obesity Effects of Macroalgae [PDF]
Nutrients, 2019 Macroalgae have attracted great interest for their potential applications in nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries as source of bioactive medicinal products and food ingredients. This review gathers data from in vitro and in vivo studies addressing the anti-obesity effects of macroalgae.
Saioa Gómez-Zorita +8 more
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Bioactive Chemical Constituents and Pharmacological Activities of Ponciri Fructus
Molecules, 2022 Ponciri Fructus is a crude drug obtained from the dried immature fruits of Poncirus trifoliata (L). Raf. (Syn. Citrus trifoliata L.). This study aims to compile and analyze the ethnomedicinal uses, bioactive constituents, and pharmacological activities ...
Gopal Lamichhane +2 more
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Anti-melanocortin-4 receptor autoantibodies in obesity [PDF]
, 2009 Background: The melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) is part of an important pathway regulating energy balance. Here we report the existence of autoantibodies (autoAbs) against the MC4R in sera of obese patients.
Kessler, L. +19 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 BackgroundGrifola frondosa (G. frondosa) is a fungus with good economic exploitation prospects of food and medicine homologation. This study aims to investigate the effects of G. frondosa powder suspension (GFPS) on the intestinal contents microbiota and
Ruxiao Hu
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Food & Nutrition Research, 2022 Background: Obesity is a global public health concern and increases the risk of metabolic syndrome and other diseases. The anti-obesity effects of various plant-derived bioactive compounds, such as tea extracts, are well-established.
Ruohong Chen +10 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 Onion (Allium cepa L.) is a common vegetable, widely consumed all over the world. Onion contains diverse phytochemicals, including organosulfur compounds, phenolic compounds, polysaccharides, and saponins.
Xin-Xin Zhao +15 more
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Marine Algae as a Potential Source for Anti-Obesity Agents
Marine Drugs, 2016 Obesity is a major epidemic that poses a worldwide threat to human health, as it is also associated with metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Therapeutic intervention through weight loss drugs, accompanied by diet and exercise,
Chu Wan-Loy, Phang Siew-Moi
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