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Decomposing Cross-Country Gaps in Obesity and Overweight: Does the Social Environment Matter? [PDF]

, 2013
[cat] Una qüestió clau sobre la producció de salut relativament poc explorada es refereix a la influència dels factors socioeconòmics i mediambientals sobre el pes i l’obesitat.
Gil, Joan, 1966-, Costa i Font, Joan, Fabbri, Daniele   +2 more
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Genetics of Severe Obesity [PDF]

Current Diabetes Reports, 2018
This review aims to present current information on genes underlying severe obesity, with the main emphasis on the three genes LEP, LEPR and MC4R.There is a substantial amount of evidence that variants in at least ten different genes are the cause of severe monogenic obesity.
Fairbrother, Una, Kidd, Elliot, Malagamuwa, Tanya, Walley, Andrew   +3 more
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Obesity, Inflammation, and Severe Asthma: an Update [PDF]

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, 2021
Abstract Purpose of Review Obesity-associated difficult asthma continues to be a substantial problem and, despite a move to address treatable traits affecting asthma morbidity and mortality, it remains poorly understood with limited phenotype-specific treatments.
Varun Sharma, Douglas C. Cowan
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Central Obesity is Associated With Neuropathy in the Severely Obese

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2020
To determine the prevalence of neuropathy stratified by glycemic status and the association between extensive anthropometric measurements and neuropathy.We performed a cross-sectional, observational study in obese individuals, before surgery, with body mass index (BMI) greater than 35 kg/m2.
Brian C. Callaghan, Evan Reynolds, Mousumi Banerjee, Ericka Chant, Emily Villegas-Umana, Eva L. Feldman   +5 more
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Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated Gene (FTO) in Eating Disorders: Evidence for Association of the rs9939609 Obesity Risk Allele with Bulimia nervosa and Anorexia nervosa [PDF]

, 2012
Objective: The common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs9939609 in the fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) is associated with obesity. As genetic variants associated with weight regulation might also be implicated in the etiology of eating ...
Wichmann, Heinz-Erich, Herzog, Wolfgang, Estivill, X., Fichter, Manfred, Sorbi, S., Ribasés Haro, Marta, Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Hebebrand, J., Ehrlich, Stefan, Greene, B. H., Müller, Timo D., Estivill, Xavier, Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando, Scherag, Susan, Cavallini, M. C., Hebebrand, Johannes, Schäfer, Helmut, Ribases, Marta, Sorbi, Sandro, Herpertz Dahlmann, Beate, Lehmkuhl, Ulrike, Grallert, Harald, Fleischhaker, C., Wichmann, H.-E., Illig, T., Bellodi, L., Herzog, W., Fichter, M., Cellini, E., Bellodi, Laura, Ricca, Valdo, Fleischhaker, Christian, Scherag, Susann, Di Bella, D., Bella, Daniela Di, Cavallini, M.C., Scherag, S., Nacmias, Benedetta, Greene, B.H., Illig, Thomas, Schäfer, H., Fernández Aranda, Fernando, Fernández-Aranda, F., Di Bella, Daniela, Gratacòs, Monica, Erzegovesi, S., Cellini, Elena, Scherag, Andre, Fichter, Manfred M., Greene, Brandon H., Müller, T. D., Grallert, H., Nacmias, B., Hinney, A., Hinney, Anke, Erzegovesi, Stefano, Ribasés, M., Scherag, A., Wichmann, H. E., Müller, T.D., Cavallini, Maria C., Herpertz-Dahlmann, Beate, Estivill, Xavier, 1955-, Gratacòs, M., Ricca, V., Ehrlich, S., Lehmkuhl, U., Wichmann, H.-Erich   +67 more
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Leptin mediates the increase in blood pressure associated with obesity [PDF]

, 2014
Obesity is associated with increased blood pressure (BP), which in turn increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases. We found that the increase in leptin levels seen in diet-induced obesity (DIO) drives an increase in BP in rodents, an effect that was ...
Cowley, Michael A., Ravussin, E., Cowley, M., Elmquist, Joel K., Myers, M., Enriori, P., Spanswick, D., O’Rahilly, S. (Stephen), Myers, Martin G., Henning, Elana, Licinio, Julio, Simonds, Stephanie E., Greenway, Frank L., Simonds, S., Farooqi, I., Brown, Russell D., Allen, A., Brown, R., Spanswick, David C., Dileone, R., Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Allen, Andrew M., Elmquist, J., Bassi, J., O’Rahilly, Stephen, Keogh, Julia M., Keogh, J., Sternson, S., Myer, Martin G., Greenway, F., Licinio, J., Enriori, Pablo J., Pryor, J., Pryor, Jack T., Dileone, Ralph, Grove, Kevin L., O’Rahilly, S., Henning, E., Ravussin, Eric, Bassi, Jaspreet, Sternson, Scott M., Grove, K.   +41 more
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Severe Obesity: The Neglected Epidemic [PDF]

Obesity Facts, 2012
Severe obesity (SO) is increasing faster than obesity in adults and in children. Because it is associated with numerous comorbidities, SO accounts for more health care expenditures than any other medical condition. Furthermore, it is associated with poor pregnancy outcomes for mother, fetus, and infant and a high risk of offspring obesity carried into ...
John G, Kral, Ruth A, Kava, Patrick M, Catalano, Barbara J, Moore   +3 more
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Self-reported disability in adults with severe obesity [PDF]

, 2011
Self-reported disability in performing daily life activities was assessed in adults with severe obesity (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2) using the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ).
N. Williams, Saravanan, Ponnusamy, Kyrou, Ioannis, R. Thomas, I. Kyrou, L. Halder, Osei-Assibey, G., S. Taheri, Thomas, R., Taheri, S., Williams, N., Halder, L., Saravanan, P., Kumar, Sudhesh, Williams, Nerys R., Kyrou, I., P. Saravanan, Halder, L. (Louise), S. Kumar, Kumar, S., G. Osei-Assibey   +20 more
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Obesity and severe asthma

Allergology International, 2019
Obesity is an important global health issue for both children and adults. Obesity increases the prevalence and incidence of asthma and also increases the risk for severe asthma. Here we describe the features of severe asthma phenotypes for which obesity is a defining characteristic, including steroid resistance, airway inflammation, and co-morbidities.
Hiroki Tashiro, Stephanie A. Shore
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Psychosocial predictors of problematic eating in young adults who underwent adolescent bariatric surgery

Obesity Science & Practice, 2022
Introduction This study examined problematic eating and eating‐related psychopathology among young adults who underwent adolescent bariatric surgery including concurrent and prospective associations with psychosocial factors and weight change.
Kristina M. Decker, Jennifer Reiter‐Purtill, Carolina M. Bejarano, Andrea B. Goldschmidt, James E. Mitchell, Todd M. Jenkins, Michael Helmrath, Thomas H. Inge, Marc P. Michalsky, Meg H. Zeller   +9 more
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