Prevalence and predictors of overweight and obesity among Cameroonian women in a national survey and relationships with waist circumference and inflammation in Yaoundé and Douala. [PDF]
, 2018 Information on the distribution and predictors of obesity in Africa is needed to identify populations at risk and explore intervention options. Our objectives were to (a) examine the prevalence and geographic distribution of overweight and obesity among ...
Brown, Kenneth H +6 more
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Comparison of accelerometer measured levels of physical activity and sedentary time between obese and non-obese children and adolescents: a systematic review [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Obesity has been hypothesized to be associated with reduced moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and increased sedentary time (ST).
Elmesmari, Rabha +3 more
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Treatment of Obesity in Mentally Retarded Persons: The Rehabilitator\u27s Role [PDF]
, 1981 Obesity is a common problem for the mentally retarded and nonretarded populations. Prevalence estimates ranging from 40 to 80 million obese Americans have been reported.
Fox, Robert A. +3 more
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中西医结合护理Objective To investigate the status quo and risk factors of upper limb lymphedema in breast cancer patients after surgery, and to provide reference for clinical intervention measures.
WANG Caixia (王彩霞) +4 more
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Inflammatory Markers in Pediatric Obesity: Health and Physical Activity Implications [PDF]
, 2012 The prevalence of childhood obesity has recently peaked in the USA with ~17% of children considered obese. With the increase in adiposity that occurs with weight gain, a persistent low-grade inflammatory state is created.
Bement, Marie K. Hoeger, Stolzman, Stacy
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The association between sleep patterns and obesity in older adults. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundReduced sleep duration has been increasingly reported to predict obesity. However, timing and regularity of sleep may also be important. In this study, the cross-sectional association between objectively measured sleep patterns and obesity was ...
Ancoli-Israel, S +8 more
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中西医结合护理This paper summarizes the nursing experience of an obese patient with chronic liver failure complicated by hematoma around the infusion port after intravenous infusion port implantation.
HAN Huishan (韩会山) +4 more
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, 2010 This paper recognises that obesity is a growing problem within the UK with Britain with one of the highest rates for overweight children in Europe and with one in three adults predicted to be obese by 2012.
Abdallah Mangoud, Phillipa Hobson
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A Synthesis of the Literature on the Relationship Between Food Access and Overweight and Obesity in African American Adolescents [PDF]
, 2013 Food access shapes a community’s nutritional environment and impacts the health and physical well-being of its residents. When a community does not have adequate access to outlets that offer healthy options, it is difficult to maintain a healthy diet ...
Smalls, Marquita Noelle Bullock
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Hepatocyte-specific HIF-1α ablation improves obesity-induced glucose intolerance by reducing first-pass GLP-1 degradation. [PDF]
, 2019 The decrease in incretin effects is an important etiologic component of type 2 diabetes with unknown mechanisms. In an attempt to understand obesity-induced changes in liver oxygen homeostasis, we found that liver HIF-1α expression was increased mainly ...
Bandyopadhyay, Guatam K +3 more
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