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Abdominal pain following obesity treatment

Gut, 2013
A 61-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of vomiting, abdominal distension and pain plus anorexia. This was on a background of morbid obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and previous laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Patel, Kamal V., Ooi, Joanne, Ray, Shuvra, Griffin, Nyree, Oben, Jude A.   +4 more
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Obesity, Abdominal Obesity, and Insulin Resistance

Clinical Cornerstone, 2008
The correlation of body mass index (BMI) with both adiposity and risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is positive. An elevated BMI is also associated with increased mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, for any given BMI measurement, some persons are at risk for type 2 DM and CVD, while others are not.
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Dysglycemia and Abdominal Obesity

Current Vascular Pharmacology, 2012
Dysglycemia as a pre-stage of diabetes mellitus and abdominal obesity are closely interrelated at multiple levels and by a whole array of complex mechanisms, many of which seem to have the potential of causing harm to large blood vessels, in particular to coronary and peripheral vascular segments.
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Relationship Between Dairy Consumption and Abdominal Obesity

Journal of the American Nutrition Association, 2021
This cross-sectional study aimed to demonstrate the relationship between dairy consumption and abdominal obesity in adolescents.In total, 700 adolescents participated in this cross-sectional study. Sociodemographic characteristics, consumption of dairy, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist/height (W/H) ratio were evaluated.
Yagmur Yasar Firat, Neriman Inanc, Meltem Soylu, Eda Basmisirli, Asli Gizem Capar, Yusuf Aykemat   +5 more
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Abdominal Obesity and Risk

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. Part A: Theory and Practice, 1990
The relationship between insulin and hypertension. The statistical association between hypertension and hyperinsulinemia has been observed repeatedly. There is also considerable evidence of a causal relationship either via effects on the sympathetic nervous system or via reabsorption of sodium or both (for recent reviews see 1–3).
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Obesity Alters Rat Abdominal Flap Survival

The American Surgeon™, 2006
Obesity presents a risk factor for flap-related complications in autologous tissue breast reconstruction. In this study, an animal model was developed to examine this phenomenon. Abdominal flaps based on a superficial inferior epigastric pedicle were elevated in an experimental group of obese Zucker (fa/fa) rats (n = 8; mean weight, 413 g) and in ...
Ronald E, Reyna, Mark E, Feldmann, Zachary P, Evans, O, Seung-Jun, Kenneth D, Chavin   +4 more
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Intra‐abdominal fat in obese children

Pediatrics International, 1995
AbstractWe investigated the distribution of abdominal fat accumulation in obese children to know whether a clustering of coronary risk factors was demonstrated in visceral fat obesity as reported in adults. The relative indicator of intra‐abdominal fat accumulation was obtained from computed tomography scans at the umbilicus level in 36 obese subjects (
F, Iwata, K, Taniguchi, H, Yamazaki, M, Hara, T, Okada, K, Harada   +5 more
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[Effect of abdominal obesity in childhood on abdominal obesity in adulthood].

Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi, 2020
Objective: To examine the effect of childhood abdominal obesity on abdominal obesity in adulthood. Methods: Based on data from the "China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS)" 1993-2011, the participants who were followed up at least once in childhood (7-17 years old) and adulthood (≥18 years old) were the potential eligible ones for the inclusion.
Y P, Hou, Z X, Li, L, Yang, M, Zhao, B, Xi   +4 more
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Abdominal obesity reduction in Indigenous men

International Journal of Obesity, 1999
To assess the effectiveness of a men's 'waist loss' program over one year in Indigenous men.Pre-and post-test measurements of 47 Indigenous men on four island groups in the Torres Strait region of Northern Australia involved in a version of the 'GutBuster' program, modified by and for Indigenous men.Weight, waist and hip size of 47 men, and body fat ...
Egger G., Fisher G., Piers S., Bedford K., Morseau G., Sabasio S., Taipim B., Bani G., Assan M., Mills P.   +9 more
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Abdominal Obesity and Breast Cancer Risk

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1990
To determine if body fat distribution affects breast cancer risk.Prospective case-control study.The anthropometric measurements of 216 consecutively and newly diagnosed women with invasive carcinoma of the breast were compared with those of 432 age-matched controls. The anthropometric measurements taken were abdomen, thigh, suprailiac, biceps, triceps,
D V, Schapira, N B, Kumar, G H, Lyman, C E, Cox   +3 more
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