The relation of body mass index, demographic and health-related variables to length of stay for patients at an acute rehabilitation hospital after total hip arthroplasty [PDF]
, 2010 Obesity is a growing public health concern world-wide. At the same time, knee and hip replacements are becoming an increasingly regular treatment for osteoarthritis.
Greenberg, K., Kroll, T.
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Dietary Fat Patterns and Outcomes in Acute Pancreatitis in Spain [PDF]
, 2020 Background/Objective: Evidence from basic and clinical studies suggests that unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) might be relevant mediators of the development of complications in acute pancreatitis (AP).
Argüelles-Arias, A.M. +26 more
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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
George Argyropoulos +9 more
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The role of heart rate on the associations between body composition and heart rate variability in children with overweight/obesity : the ActiveBrains project [PDF]
, 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
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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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The independent association of overweight and obesity with breathlessness in adults: a cross-sectional, population-based study [PDF]
, 2017 Obesity is an independent risk factor for chronic breathlessness and should be assessed in people with this ...
Currow, David C. +4 more
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Double Burden of Malnutrition Among Undergraduates in Ogun State Nigeria [PDF]
, 2015 Coexistence of under and over nutrition among the same population group is referred to as the double burden of malnutrition. The objective of this study was to assess double burden of malnutrition among undergraduate students in Ogun State Nigeria.
Ekerette, N. N. (Nkereuwem) +1 more
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Hiatoplasty with crura buttressing versus hiatoplasty alone during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy [PDF]
, 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
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Ocular abnormalities in morbid obesity [PDF]
Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, 2019 Obesity is associated with eye diseases, but the underlying structural changes and pathogenic mechanisms have not been examined in detail. Here, we assessed the effects of morbid obesity on the morphometric indices of eye disease.Morbidly obese volunteers (n=101, body mass index [BMI] ³40) and healthy individuals (n=95, BMI: 18.50-24.99) were examined ...
Teberik, Kuddusi +4 more
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, 2018 The presented paper is a third revision of the clinical recommendations for the treatment of morbid obesity in adults. Morbid obesity is a condition with body mass index (BMI) ≥40 kg / m2 or a BMI ≥35 kg / m2 in the presence of serious complications ...
I. Dedov +41 more
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