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

, 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), Ilyas, S. (Sundus), Jabbar, A. (Anosha), Kazmi, S. A. (Syed), Khan, R. (Rimsha), Mushtaq, U. (Umer), Rahman, M. U. (Mahmood)   +6 more
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Morbid obesity in Taiwan: Prevalence, trends, associated social demographics, and lifestyle factors

PLoS ONE, 2017
Objective Obesity is one of the most important public health issues worldwide. Moreover, an extreme phenotype, morbid obesity (MO) has insidiously become a global problem.
Heng-Cheng Chang, Hsin-Chou Yang, Hsing-Yi Chang, C. Yeh, Hsin-Hung Chen, Kuo-Chin Huang, W. Pan   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Obesity as a risk factor following cadaveric renal transplantation [PDF]

, 1990
Obesity has generally been thought to increase the risk of operative mortality and postoperative complications in surgical patients. No data examining obesity as a factor in cadaveric renal transplantation were available.
Hakala, TR, Holley, JL, Lopatin, WB, Shapiro, R, Starzl, TE, Tzakis, AG   +5 more
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European guidelines from the EHTG and ESCP for Lynch syndrome: an updated third edition of the Mallorca guidelines based on gene and gender

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Recommendations for clinical and molecular identification of LS, surgical and endoscopic management of LS‐associated colorectal cancer and preventive measures for cancer were produced. The emphasis was on surgical and gastroenterological aspects of the cancer spectrum.
T. T. Seppälä, A. Latchford, I. Negoi, A. Sampaio Soares, R. Jimenez‐Rodriguez, L. Sánchez‐Guillén, D. G. Evans, N. Ryan, E. J. Crosbie, M. Dominguez‐Valentin, J. Burn, M. Kloor, M. von Knebel Doeberitz, F. J. B. van Duijnhoven, P. Quirke, J. R. Sampson, P. Møller, G. Möslein, on behalf of the European Hereditary Tumour Group (EHTG) and European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP)   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morbid obesity in women on the rise : an observational, population-based study [PDF]

, 2013
Background The obesity epidemic is generally monitored by the proportion of the population whose body mass index (BMI) exceeds 30 kg/m2 but this masks the growing proportion of those who are morbidly obese.
Brennan, Sharon L., Kotowicz, Mark A., Pasco, Julie A.   +2 more
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Interventions targeted at primary care practitioners to improve the identification and referral of patients with co-morbid obesity: a realist review protocol [PDF]

, 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., Macdonald, Sara, Morrison, David, O'Donnell, Catherine   +3 more
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Surgical morbidity in obese children

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2012
In recent years, there has been a worldwide increase in childhood obesity. At present, pediatric surgeons manage a greater number of pediatric patients who are significantly overweight. Little data exist regarding the surgical challenges of obese children.
Paraskevi Mitsakou, Stylianos Roupakias
openaire   +5 more sources

Oxidative Modification of Biomolecules in the Nonstimulated and Stimulated Saliva of Patients with Morbid Obesity Treated with Bariatric Surgery

BioMed Research International, 2017
Morbid obesity leads to progressive failure of many human organs and systems; however, the role of oxidative damage to salivary composition is still unknown in the obese patients.
Katarzyna Fejfer, P. Buczko, M. Niczyporuk, J. Ładny, H. R. Hady, M. Knaś, D. Waszkiel, A. Klimiuk, A. Zalewska, M. Maciejczyk   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Timing of bariatric surgery in people with obesity and diabetes [PDF]

, 2015
The use of bariatric surgery in the clinical management of type 2 diabetes in severely obese subjects has been included in the clinical practice recommendations released by the most influential diabetologic associations.
Busetto, Luca
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Metabolic Consequences of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may have metabolic disruption, which can contribute to adverse long‐term outcomes, for multiple reasons. Patients with RA appear to have a higher risk of sarcopenia, type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, and hypertension. Systemic inflammation in RA can cause a “lipid paradox,” with reduced low‐
Stevie Barry, Emily Sheng, Joshua F. Baker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source