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Morbid Obesity in Women Is Associated with an Altered Intestinal Expression of Genes Related to Cancer Risk and Immune, Defensive, and Antimicrobial Response

open access: yesBiomedicines, 2022
Background: Little is known about the relation between morbid obesity and duodenal transcriptomic changes. We aimed to identify intestinal genes that may be associated with the development of obesity regardless of the degree of insulin resistance (IR) of
Ailec Ho-Plágaro   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hiatoplasty with crura buttressing versus hiatoplasty alone during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Introduction. In obese patients with hiatal hernia (HH), laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) with cruroplasty is an option but use of prosthetic mesh crura reinforcement is debated.
Badiali, Danilo   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

The role of heart rate on the associations between body composition and heart rate variability in children with overweight/obesity : the ActiveBrains project [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: Heart rate variability (HRV) is negatively associated with body mass index and adiposity in several populations. However, less information is available about this association in children with overweight and obesity, especially severe/morbid ...
Cadenas-Sanchez, Cristina   +11 more
core   +4 more sources

Effectiveness of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Dysfunctional Eating among Patients Admitted for Bariatric Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

open access: yesJournal of Obesity, 2014
Objective. To examine whether cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) alleviates dysfunctional eating (DE) patterns and symptoms of anxiety and depression in morbidly obese patients planned for bariatric surgery. Design and Methods. A total of 98 (68 females)
Hege Gade   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Morbid obesity, multiple long-term conditions, and health-related quality of life among Australian adults: Estimates from three waves of a longitudinal household survey

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2022
This study aims to investigate the impact of morbid obesity and multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Data for this study were sourced from three waves (waves 9, 13 and 17) of the Household, Income and Labour ...
Syed Afroz Keramat   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of Physical Activity with Co-morbid Conditions in Geriatric Population [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
To find out association of physical activity with co-morbid conditions in geriatric population, a cross-sectional study was conducted in different cties of Pakistan in 2015.
Hisam, A. (Aliya)   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

De Novo Glycine Synthesis Is Reduced in Adults With Morbid Obesity and Increases Following Bariatric Surgery

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
BackgroundGlycine is a dietary non-essential amino acid that is low in obesity and increases following bariatric surgery. However, the exact mechanism responsible remains unclear and it is unknown whether hypoglycinemia is a cause or consequence of ...
Hong Chang Tan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

European Guidelines for Obesity Management in Adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease characterised by an increase of body fat stores. It is a gateway to ill health, and it has become one of the leading causes of disability and death, affecting not only adults but also children and adolescents ...
Busetto, Luca   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Bariatric Surgery as a Treatment to Obesity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This paper focuses on the efficiency and effectiveness that bariatric surgery provides as a treatment for the obesity epidemic that is ever-growing in our country. By taking into account scientific, ethnographical, scholarly, statistic-based, and various
Dunn, Morgan D
core   +1 more source

Interventions targeted at primary care practitioners to improve the identification and referral of patients with co-morbid obesity: a realist review protocol [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
<b>Background </b>Obesity is one of the most significant public health challenges in the developed world. Recent policy has suggested that more can be done in primary care to support adults with obesity.
Blane, David N.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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