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Body Contouring After Weight Loss

2019
The goal of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive approach to management of massive weight loss (MWL) patients seeking plastic surgical reconstruction. The topics covered include the medical impact of obesity and the rise in bariatric surgical procedures that has increased the demand for plastic surgical reconstruction after MWL, critical factors ...
Dalit Amar, J. Peter Rubin
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Restraint, weight loss, and variability of body weight.

Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1991
Restrained and unrestrained subjects (n = 24) were weighed daily for a 6-week period and again 6 months later in order to determine whether dietary restraint or relative body weight is the better predictor of weight variability. Restraint was a significantly better predictor of naturally occurring weight fluctuations than was relative body weight ...
Todd F. Heatherton, Janet Polivy, C. Peter Herman   +2 more
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Aerobic Exercise and Weight Loss in Adults

JAMA Network Open
Key Points Question What is the dose-response association between aerobic exercise and measurements of body weight, waist circumference, and body fat? Findings This meta-analyses of 116 randomized clinical trials involving 6880 adults with overweight or ...
Ahmad Jayedi, Sepideh Soltani, A. Emadi, M. Zargar, Ali Najafi   +4 more
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Age, body weight, and pregnancy loss

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 2005
T he causes of embryo loss (< 40 days) are both known and speculative.1 Ball (1988) 2 reviewed reported research up to that time. Persistent mating-induced endometritis may be a cause of both lowered conception rate and embryo loss due to bacterial infection or persistence of inflammatory fluids.3,4 An association between multiple pregnancy and embryo ...
John R. Newcombe, Max C. Wilson
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Chromium, body building & weight loss

Arbor Clinical Nutrition Updates, 2007
In a nutshellChromium picolinate has become popular amongst the lay public as a body building and weight loss supplement.There is some limited evidence that might support this, both animal and human. But the overall balance of results from clinical trials does not currently suggest there is any significant such benefit to be had.
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[Body contouring after massive weight loss].

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie, 2009
With the advent of bariatric surgery, body contouring has grown to a new speciality in plastic surgery. Following massive weight loss, patients generally have skin redundancy on the trunk, buttocks, breast, upper arms, thighs and face, leading to a poor quality of life and social acceptance.
N, Torio-Padron, G B, Stark
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Impact of body weight and weight loss on cardiovascular risk factors

Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 1999
Overwieght and obesity are classified as a major risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). An increase in the body mass index is associated with adverse changes in the plasma lipid and lipoprotein profile resulting in elevated total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, and triglyceride levels and a decrease in high-density lipoprotein levels.
K D, Hecker, P M, Kris-Etherton, G, Zhao, S, Coval, , St Jeor S   +4 more
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Weight Loss Practices and Body Weight Perceptions Among US College Students

Journal of American College Health, 2008
The authors assessed associations between body weight perception and weight loss strategies.They randomly selected male and female college students (N = 38,204).The authors conducted a secondary data analysis of the rates of weight loss strategies and body weight perception among students who completed the National College Health Assessment survey.Half
Christopher M, Wharton, Troy, Adams, Jeffrey S, Hampl   +2 more
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[Body contouring after weight loss surgery].

Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan xue bao. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae, 2012
Bariatric surgery, an important treatment modality for pathological obesity, has been increasingly accepted by obese patients. However, the excess skin and the relaxation of muscles and soft tissues after bariatric surgery also bring many troubles and severely affect the quality of life.
Xiao-jun, Wang, Xiao, Long
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Body image concerns amongst massive weight loss patients

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2013
Aims and objectivesTo explore body image matters amongst patients following massive weight loss.BackgroundIn contemporary health care, a growing number of morbidly obese patients are seeking surgical solutions such as bariatric surgery or in other cases engaging with radical lifestyle changes.
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