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CCL20 is up-regulated in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis and is produced by hepatic stellate cells in response to fatty acid loading

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2018
Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a prevalent complication of extreme obesity. Loading of the liver with fat can progress to inflammation and fibrosis including cirrhosis. The molecular factors involved in the progression from simple
Xin Chu, Qunyan Jin, Hui Chen, G. Craig Wood, Anthony Petrick, William Strodel, Jon Gabrielsen, Peter Benotti, Tooraj Mirshahi, David J. Carey, Christopher D. Still, Johanna K. DiStefano, Glenn S. Gerhard   +12 more
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Strengthening resistance to the COVID-19 pandemic and fostering future resilience requires concerted action on obesity

Global Health Action, 2020
Initial observations showed that people with chronic noncommunicable diseases were at heightened risk of severe COVID-19 and adverse outcomes. Subsequently, data from various countries have revealed obesity as an independent and significant factor, with ...
Angela M. Jackson-Morris, Rachel Nugent, Johanna Ralston, Olivia Barata Cavalcanti, John Wilding   +4 more
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Gender-related differences in cardiometabolic risk factors and lifestyle behaviors in treatment-seeking adolescents with severe obesity

BMC Pediatrics, 2018
Background Obesity during adolescence is associated with cardiovascular mortality in adulthood. The adverse obesity-related cardiometabolic risk profile is already observed in adolescence.
Lisa Ha Barstad, Pétur B. Júlíusson, Line Kristin Johnson, Jens Kristoffer Hertel, Samira Lekhal, Jøran Hjelmesæth   +5 more
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Determinants of childhood obesity in representative sample of children in north east of iran [PDF]

, 2012
Childhood obesity has become, a global public health problem, and epidemiological studies are important to identify its determinants in different populations.
Asayesh, H., Baygi, F., Dorosty, A.R., Kelishadi, R., Mansourian, M., Mirkarimi, K., Qorbani, M.   +6 more
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The CMDO Network's Health Research and AI symposium

McGill Journal of Medicine, 2023
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Cardiometabolic Health, Diabetes and obesity Research Network
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Heart rate variability in hyperthyroidism on sub Saharan African patients: a case–control study

BMC 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, Marcel Azabji-Kenfack, Aurel T. Tankeu, Liliane Mfeukeu-Kuate, Chris-Nadège Nganou-Gnindjio, Camille Mba, Jean Claude Katte, Mesmin Y. Dehayem, Jean Claude Mbanya, Eugène Sobngwi   +9 more
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Should strategies to tackle childhood obesity also focus on mental health? [PDF]

, 2015
Childhood obesity continues to be a concern in the UK as in many other countries. Although there has been a ‘levelling off’ of BMI recorded through the National Childhood Measurement Programme in recent years the upward trend continues in older and more ...
Lewis, Kiara, MacKenzie, Abi
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy-enhanced compared with treatment-as-usual for anorexia nervosa in an inpatient and outpatient routine setting: a consecutive cohort study

Journal of Eating Disorders, 2022
Background For anorexia nervosa, firm evidence of the superiority of specialized psychological treatments is limited and economic evaluations of such treatments in real world settings are scarce. This consecutive cohort study examined differential (cost-)
Elske van den Berg, Daniela Schlochtermeier, Jitske Koenders, Liselotte de Mooij, Margo de Jonge, Anna E. Goudriaan, Matthijs Blankers, Jaap Peen, Jack Dekker   +8 more
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Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and timing of puberty in sons and daughters: a population-based cohort study. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundIn many countries, an increased prevalence of obesity in pregnancy has coincided with a declining pubertal age. We aimed to explore the potential effect of maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity on timing of puberty in sons and daughters.
Arah, Onyebuchi A, Brix, Nis, Ernst, Andreas, Henriksen, Tine Brink, Lauridsen, Lea LB, Nohr, Ellen A, Olsen, Jørn, Ramlau-Hansen, Cecilia Høst   +7 more
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Banded Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with super morbid obesity (BRandY-study): protocol of a cohort study with 10 year follow-up

BMC Surgery, 2020
Background Weight loss outcomes after bariatric surgery are less favorable in super morbidly obese patients (BMI ≥50 kg/m2). Non-response, either defined as insufficient weight loss or weight regain after initial successful weight loss, is a matter of ...
M. M. Romeijn, W. K. G. Leclercq, A. A. P. M. Luijten, L. Janssen, F. M. H. van Dielen   +4 more
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