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Prediagnostic adult body mass index change and esophageal adenocarcinoma survival
Cancer Medicine, 2020 Background We examined whether body mass index (BMI) changes in adulthood, prior to disease onset, are associated with overall survival among esophageal adenocarcinoma patients.
Elizabeth A. Loehrer +4 more
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Body Size, Weight Change, and Risk of Colon Cancer [PDF]
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2010 AbstractBackground: Epidemiologic studies have consistently reported positive associations between obesity and colon cancer risk for men, but the evidence is less consistent for women. Few studies have investigated effects of weight change on colon cancer risk.Methods: Using the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study, which recruited men and women mostly
Bassett, Julie K +6 more
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Body Weight Changes in Elderly Psychogeriatric Nursing Home Residents [PDF]
The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 2005 This study was undertaken to identify predictors of body weight change in nursing home patients with possible to severe dementia.For 24 weeks, 108 elderly residents of a nursing home were followed. Body weight was measured every 2 weeks. Other anthropometric characteristics, dietary intake, food behavior restrictions, psychological characteristics ...
Knoops, K.T.B. +5 more
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Obesity-An Impactful Risk Factor for Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease
Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College, 2017 Objective: To determine over-weight and obesity as risk factors for Gastro-oesophageal reflux dis- ease (GERD) in the outpatient department (OPD) of a tertiary care hospital. Methods: One hundred patients of both genders, presenting with
Ajeet Kumar +2 more
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Journal of Obesity & Metabolic SyndromeBackground : Recent lifestyle changes have increased the prevalence of dyslipidemia in Korea. Young men are known to have a low awareness of dyslipidemia and a lack of motivation to maintain their weight.
Joon-Young Yoon +5 more
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Salud Pública de México, 2015 Objective. To determine whether disease predicts weight loss in population-based studies, as this may confound the relationship between weight and mortality. Materials and methods.
Laura Blue +2 more
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Frontiers in EndocrinologyObjectiveObesity is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which has been the leading cause of death nowadays. The aim of this study is to examine the association between total changes in body mass index (BMI) across adulthood and the ...
Hong-Jian Gong +2 more
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Changes in body mass during weight loss treatment – a two-year prospective study
Studia Medyczne, 2017 Introduction : A reduction of 5% to 10% of body mass is related to a significantly lower risk of the occurrence of conditions whose underlying cause is obesity.
Katarzyna Krekora-Wollny, Edyta Suliga
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[Postpartum body weight change].
Ginekologia polska, 1998 To investigate maternal body weight development after pregnancy and to determine the effect of pregravid nutritional status and gestational weight gain on weight change. Design. Prospective cohort study.The population under study consisted of 486 women aged 16-41.
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 Changes in body composition and weight loss frequently occur when humans are exposed to hypoxic environments. The mechanisms thought to be responsible for these changes are increased energy expenditure resulting from increased basal metabolic rate and/or
Tobias Dünnwald +5 more
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