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Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2022
BACKGROUND Obesity is a chronic disease that results in substantial global morbidity and mortality. The efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, a novel glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, in people with ...
W. Garvey   +94 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

open access: yesCirculation, 2021
The global obesity epidemic is well established, with increases in obesity prevalence for most countries since the 1980s. Obesity contributes directly to incident cardiovascular risk factors, including dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and ...
Tiffany Powell-wiley   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence of childhood and adult obesity in the United States, 2011-2012.

open access: yesJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2014
IMPORTANCE More than one-third of adults and 17% of youth in the United States are obese, although the prevalence remained stable between 2003-2004 and 2009-2010.
Cynthia L Ogden   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Update on the Obesity Epidemic: After the Sudden Rise, Is the Upward Trajectory Beginning to Flatten?

open access: yesCurrent Obesity Reports, 2023
To provide an update on current obesity prevalence trends and summarize the available evidence suggesting a possible plateau or stabilization in obesity rates after the previous sudden global rise. The escalating global obesity epidemic represents one of
C. Koliaki, M. Dalamaga, Stavros Liatis
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do routinely measured risk factors for obesity explain the sex gap in its prevalence? Observations from Saudi Arabia. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of adult obesity is higher in women than men in most countries. However, the pathways that link female sex with excess obesity are still not fully understood. We examine whether socioeconomic and behavioural factors may mediate
Al-Hamdan, Nasser   +4 more
core   +1 more source

The CMDO Network's Health Research and AI symposium

open access: yesMcGill Journal of Medicine, 2023
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Cardiometabolic Health, Diabetes and obesity Research Network
doaj  

Heart rate variability in hyperthyroidism on sub Saharan African patients: a case–control study

open access: yesBMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective We aimed to determine heart rate variability in freshly diagnosed untreated hyperthyroidism patients. We enrolled 10 patients (9 females) and 10 matched controls for sex and age. Each eligible patient underwent five different tests according to
Eliane Ngassam   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coronary age, based on coronary calcium measurement, is increased in patients with morbid obesity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Purpose: Obesity is a well-known of risk factor for atherosclerosis. However, recently an "obesity paradox" has been discussed, which is considered as a protective effect of obesity on the development coronary artery disease (CAD).
Białecki, Marcin   +3 more
core   +1 more source

High Prevalence of Obesity in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) Requiring Invasive Mechanical Ventilation

open access: yesObesity, 2020
The COVID‐19 pandemic is rapidly spreading worldwide, notably in Europe and North America where obesity is highly prevalent. The relation between obesity and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has not been fully documented.
A. Simonnet   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fine particulate matter air pollution and aortic perivascular adipose tissue: Oxidative stress, leptin, and vascular dysfunction

open access: yesPhysiological Reports, 2021
Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution increases blood pressure, induces vascular inflammation and dysfunction, and augments atherosclerosis in humans and rodents; however, the understanding of early changes that foster chronic ...
Petra Haberzettl   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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