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Gender-related differences in cardiometabolic risk factors and lifestyle behaviors in treatment-seeking adolescents with severe obesity

BMC Pediatrics, 2018
Background Obesity during adolescence is associated with cardiovascular mortality in adulthood. The adverse obesity-related cardiometabolic risk profile is already observed in adolescence.
Lisa Ha Barstad, Pétur B. Júlíusson, Line Kristin Johnson, Jens Kristoffer Hertel, Samira Lekhal, Jøran Hjelmesæth   +5 more
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Gastrointestinal morbidity in obesity [PDF]

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2014
Obesity is a complex disease that results from increased energy intake and decreased energy expenditure. The gastrointestinal system plays a key role in the pathogenesis of obesity and facilitates caloric imbalance. Changes in gastrointestinal hormones and the inhibition of mechanisms that curtail caloric intake result in weight gain.
Andres, Acosta, Michael, Camilleri
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Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and weight loss in patients with severe obesity undergoing an intensive lifestyle intervention program: retrospective cohort study

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2019
Background To assess the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and weight changes in treatment seeking patients with severe obesity who underwent a 1-year intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) program.
Jarle Berge, Øyvind Støren, Jens K. Hertel, Espen Gjevestad, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Jøran Hjelmesæth   +5 more
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Human body weight, nutrients, and foods: a scoping review

Food & Nutrition Research, 2022
Background: The aim of this article (scoping review) is to elucidate the current knowledge for the potential role of body weight for setting and updating Dietary Reference Values (DRVs) and Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDGs).
Jøran Hjelmesæth, Agneta Sjöberg
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Neighborhood deprivation and morbid obesity: Insights from the Houston Methodist Cardiovascular Disease Health System Learning Registry

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023
This study examined the relationship between a validated measure of socioeconomic deprivation, such as the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), and morbid obesity.
Nwabunie Nwana, Mohamad B. Taha, Zulqarnain Javed, Rakesh Gullapelli, Juan C. Nicolas, Stephen L. Jones, Isaac Acquah, Safi Khan, Priyanka Satish, Shivani Mahajan, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica, Khurram Nasir   +11 more
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Impact of type 2 diabetes on in vivo activities and protein expressions of cytochrome P450 in patients with obesity

Clinical and Translational Science, 2022
Previous studies have not accounted for the close link between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity when investigating the impact of T2DM on cytochrome P450 (CYP) activities.
Kine Eide Kvitne, Anders Åsberg, Line K. Johnson, Christine Wegler, Jens K. Hertel, Per Artursson, Cecilia Karlsson, Shalini Andersson, Rune Sandbu, Eva Skovlund, Hege Christensen, Rasmus Jansson‐Löfmark, Jøran Hjelmesæth, Ida Robertsen   +13 more
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Treatment for morbid obesity [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1999
Summary There is no single unifying theory to explain the aetiology of obesity but several environmental factors, such as decreased physical activity and increased fat intake may contribute to its development in genetically predisposed individuals.
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Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Morbid Obesity [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine, 2014
Several reports have shown an increased prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in obese subjects in community-based studies. To better understand the role of the GI tract in obesity, and because there are limited clinic-based studies, we documented the prevalence of upper and lower GI symptoms in morbidly obese individuals in a clinic setting.The
Huseini, Mustafa, Wood, G. Craig, Seiler, Jamie, Argyropoulos, George, Irving, Brian A., Gerhard, Glenn S., Benotti, Peter, Still, Christopher, Rolston, David D. K.   +8 more
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Irritable bowel syndrome-like symptoms and health related quality of life two years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass - a prospective cohort study

BMC Gastroenterology, 2019
Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is prevalent in patients with morbid obesity. After Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) chronic abdominal pain is common, however the etiology is largely unknown. We aimed to study the change in the prevalence of IBS-
Ingvild Kristine Blom-Høgestøl, Martin Aasbrenn, Monica Chahal-Kummen, Cathrine Brunborg, Inger Eribe, Jon Kristinsson, Per G. Farup, Tom Mala   +7 more
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Abdominal pain and symptoms before and after Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass

BJS Open, 2019
Background Despite increased emphasis on patient‐reported outcomes, few studies have focused on abdominal pain symptoms before and after Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass (RYGB).
M. Chahal‐Kummen, I. K. Blom‐Høgestøl, I. Eribe, O. Klungsøyr, J. Kristinsson, T. Mala   +5 more
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