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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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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 +13 more
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Birth Outcomes of Maternal Morbid Obesity [PDF]
, 2020 Background: The prevalence of pregnancy with morbid obesity has increased in the last decade which caused complications for both the mother and fetus. The aim of this study was to find out the birth outcomes of pregnant women with morbid obesity who gave
Agus Sulistyono, - +3 more
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Trends in morbid obesity and in bariatric surgeries covered by the Brazilian public health system
, 2008 Background Obesity is an increasingly serious public health problem on a global level. Morbid obesity, defined as a body mass index greater than 40 kg/m2, is associated with increased mortality and a high burden of obesity-related morbidities. Methods To
CONDE, Wolney Lisboa +3 more
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Melanocortin-4 receptor gene: case-control study and transmission disequilibrium test confirm that functionally relevant mutations are compatible with a major gene effect for extreme obesity [PDF]
, 2003 We initially performed a mutation screen of the coding region of the MC4R in 808 extremely obese children and adolescents and 327 underweight or normal-weight controls allowing for a case-control study.
Sarah Hohmann +24 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 +8 more
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Trends in a life threatening condition: morbid obesity in dutch, Turkish and Moroccan children in The Netherlands. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 BackgroundMorbid obesity can be a life threatening condition. The aim of our study is to assess the trend in morbid obesity in The Netherlands among children of Dutch origin since 1980, and among children of Turkish and Moroccan origin since 1997.Methods
Paula van Dommelen +3 more
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, 2022 This study aimed to investigate and compare the adherence of patients treated for morbid obesity living in Poland and Germany. Methods: A cross-sectional international multicenter survey design was adopted.
Ratajczak, Piotr +27 more
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Childhood obesity is associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length [PDF]
, 2011 CONTEXT: Obesity in adults is associated with shorter mean leukocyte telomere length (LTL), a marker of biological age that is also associated with age-related conditions including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. However, studies of childhood
Meyre, D +17 more
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