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Nutraceuticals Supporting Body Weight Loss
2021It is known that obesity has reached epidemic proportions and its management is of high clinical importance. In this chapter we will discuss recent data about the role of nutraceuticals and functional foods in obesity and body weight management, including the mechanisms responsible for their favorable effects. In addition, the impact of healthy dietary
Andreea Corina +3 more
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Protein diets, body weight loss and weight maintenance
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 2013The review addresses briefly the relevance of protein diets for body weight loss and weight maintenance. The addition of recent findings on age-dependent protein requirements, specific effects of protein intake and protein source, the relevance of the other dietary macronutrients, especially of 'low-carb', 'protein leverage', the mechanisms of protein ...
Eveline A.P. Martens +1 more
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Chili pepper as a body weight-loss food
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 2016Chili has culinary as well as medical importance. Studies in humans, using a wide range of doses of chili intake (varying from a single meal to a continuous uptake for up to 12 weeks), concluded that it facilitates weight loss. In regard to this, the main targets of chili are fat metabolism, energy expenditure, and thermogenesis. To induce weight loss,
Varghese, Sharon +8 more
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Body Contouring Following Massive Weight Loss
Obesity Surgery, 2004Obesity and its associated medical morbidities carry substantial health risk. While massive weight loss allows improvement in health status and lifestyle, physical sequelae due to symptomatic skin redundancy still require treatment. Areas affected include the arms, breasts, abdomen, back, and thighs.
Jesse, Taylor, Michele, Shermak
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Body Contouring After Massive Weight Loss
Plastic Surgical Nursing, 2004As the results of bariatric surgery become increasingly successful, the demand for dy contouring following significant weight loss is rapidly growing. Persons who have lost weight are often unpleasantly surprised with the hanging folds of tissue and loose skin that may be present.
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Low body weight and weight loss in the aged
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1990Low body weight and rapid unintentional weight loss are highly predictive of mortality and morbidity in the elderly population. Weight loss is frequently reported in elderly patients. Acute and chronic diseases are leading causes of involuntary weight loss.
J, Fischer, M A, Johnson
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Maintenance of Weight Loss after Body Contouring Surgery for Massive Weight Loss
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 2008Weight loss can be achieved through gastric bypass surgery or diet. Surgery has been reported to be more effective in achieving long-term weight loss. The authors aimed to determine whether massive weight loss is maintained or improved after body contouring.Seventy patients underwent body contouring surgery after massive weight loss from January of ...
Michele A, Shermak +2 more
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Weight loss and body composition
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 1966AbstractBody fat accounts for much of the excess weight in obese persons; but the amount of lean body tissue (muscle and other protein tissue) in the obese individual is similar to that found in the normal individual. In weight loss primarily excess fat should be lost; not essential protein tissue.Complete fasting has been proposed as a technique for ...
Herbert P. Sarett +2 more
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Body Contouring Following Major Weight Loss
The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 2007Body contouring is a highly specialized and quickly growing field of plastic surgery. This article describes some of the types of body contouring surgery individuals who have experienced massive weight loss may seek.
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