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Morbidity of severely obese subjects
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1992The prevalences of several risk factors and diseases are dramatically increased in obesity. In contrast, considerable inconsistencies have been reported for the relationship of obesity to the incidence of cardiovascular disease and total mortality. Suggested reasons for these inconsistencies have been confounders and surrogate risk factors, but the ...
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Oncology Nursing Forum, 2016
Increasing weight and body fat composition has an impact on cancer detection and staging. Obese women are less likely to engage in breast and cervical screening practices. Excessive adipose tissue makes physical assessment more difficult, and patients with a BMI greater than 35 kg/m2 may have deeper and wider pelvic structures, which make internal ...
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Increasing weight and body fat composition has an impact on cancer detection and staging. Obese women are less likely to engage in breast and cervical screening practices. Excessive adipose tissue makes physical assessment more difficult, and patients with a BMI greater than 35 kg/m2 may have deeper and wider pelvic structures, which make internal ...
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Behavioral treatment of severe obesity
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1992Behavioral approaches to obesity are usually employed in the context of short-term (10-20 wk) treatment interventions. These programs produce weight losses averaging 10 kg at the end of the program and 6.6 kg at 1-y follow-up. Improvements in long-term results may depend on a shift to a chronic disease model of obesity treatment, in which patients ...
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Prenatal Care for the Obese and Severely Obese Pregnant Patient
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2023Modifications of prenatal care will be needed in expected weight gain, nutritional recommendations, screening tests, thromboprophylaxis, ultrasound, antenatal testing, and timing and mode of delivery.
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VAGOTOMY FOR TREATMENT OF SEVERE OBESITY
The Lancet, 1978Three women weighing 137, 133, and 135 kg underwent truncal vagotomy; after 16, 20, and 24 weeks they had lost 10, 17, and 19 kg respectively without serious side-effects. No dietary restrictions have been imposed, but they are eating less than they were preoperatively and report a total lack of hunger.
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[Management of children and adolescents with severe obesity].
Minerva pediatrica, 2012Obesity is a complex public health issue. Recent data indicate the increasing prevalence and severity of obesity in children. Severe obesity is a real chronic condition for the difficulties of long-term clinical treatment, the high drop-out rate, the large burden of health and psychological problems and the high probability of persistence in adulthood.
Valerio G. +21 more
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Gastric bypass surgery for severe obesity
Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery, 2002Severe obesity is associated with a number of co-morbidities. Medical weight reduction programs have not been proven to have long-term efficacy for these severely obese patients. Surgically induced weight loss has been found to completely reverse or markedly ameliorate obesity-related problems.
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Lymphoedema and Severe Obesity
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Introduction to Severe Obesity for Psychiatrists
2016The obesity epidemic is a well-recognized phenomenon in North America and has led to the recognition of obesity as a disease by the American Medical Association. Moreover, this rapid increase in the prevalence of obesity has been a driver for the increased focus on treatments for severe obesity, specifically weight loss surgery.
Sanjeev Sockalingam +3 more
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Eating Disorders in Severe Obesity
2016In this chapter, we review and recommend strategies for assessing eating disorders in patients with obesity who present for treatment in settings that are not specialized to treat eating disorders. Our purpose is to equip clinicians working with obese individuals or in general community practices with the tools to understand eating disorder symptoms ...
Susan Wnuk +3 more
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