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Associations of Weight Change With Changes in Calf Muscle Characteristics and Functional Decline in Peripheral Artery Disease. [PDF]

, 2019
Background Among people with lower extremity peripheral artery disease, obesity is associated with faster functional decline than normal weight. The association of weight loss with functional decline in peripheral artery disease is unknown.
Bazzano, Lydia A, Criqui, Michael H, Ferrucci, Luigi, Guralnik, Jack M, Kibbe, Melina R, Leeuwenburgh, Christiaan, McDermott, Mary M, Polonsky, Tamar S, Sufit, Robert L, Tian, Lu, Zhang, Dongxue   +10 more
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Intentional weight loss [PDF]

, 2016
Weight reduction should be slow and steady because our body is not aware of our intended diet. It reacts to the food scarcity as it would react to starvation, immediately lowering the energy requirement for the organ basic functions (Chapter 8).
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The Fate (Outcome) of Clinically Apparent Single Lesion and Oligofocal Nephroblastomatosis Treated According to SIOP/GPOH Protocols for Wilms Tumor

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The management of clinically apparent single lesions or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis, a facultative precursor of nephroblastoma, remains debated. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 37 patients with clinically apparent single or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis (two to three lesions per kidney) among 2347 patients registered between
Nils Welter, Jens‐Peter Schenk, Jenny Wegert, Manfred Gessler, Leo Kager, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Marina Müller, Jean‐Michel Wolff, Joerg Fuchs, Steven W. Warmann, Clemens‐Magnus Meier, Jochen Hubertus, Christian Rübe, Christian Vokuhl, Patrick Melchior, Lena Tschirner, Norbert Graf, Rhoikos Furtwängler   +17 more
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Pilot investigation of a virtual gastric band hypnotherapy intervention [PDF]

, 2016
This was a pilot investigation of 30 men and women with a BMI > 27kg/m² over a 24 week period. It aimed to determine whether virtual gastric band (VGB) hypnotherapy has an effect on weight loss in overweight adults, compared to relaxation hypnotherapy ...
Atkin, Stephen, Goodwin, Sarah, Greetham, Stephanie, Jones, Huw, Reid, Marie, Rigby, Alan, Sathyapalan, Thozhukat, Wells, Liz, Whitham, Claire   +8 more
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Preclinical obesity curriculum: audit, implementation, and evaluation

BMC Medical Education
Background This study aimed to (1) evaluate the current status of obesity education at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (CWRU) (2), introduce a comprehensive first-year curriculum on obesity, and (3) assess the impact of the curriculum ...
Amber Olson, Rosanna Watowicz, Eileen Seeholzer, Katherine Lyons, W. Scott Butsch, Colleen Croniger   +5 more
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Predictors of advanced fibrosis in elderly patients with biopsy-confirmed nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: the GOASIA study

BMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Background The Gut and Obesity in Asia (GOASIA) Workgroup was formed to study obesity and gastrointestinal diseases in the Asia Pacific region. We aimed to 1) compare the characteristics of elderly (i.e. age ≥ 60) vs.
Panyavee Pitisuttithum, Wah Kheong Chan, Panida Piyachaturawat, Kento Imajo, Atsushi Nakajima, Yosuke Seki, Kazunori Kasama, Satoru Kakizaki, Jian Gao Fan, Myeong Jun Song, Seung Kew Yoon, Yock Young Dan, Laurentius Lesmana, Khek Yu Ho, Khean Lee Goh, Vincent Wai Sun Wong, Sombat Treeprasertsuk   +16 more
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Predictors of Weight Loss and Weight Loss Maintenance in Children and Adolescents With Obesity After Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectivePredictors of body weight loss (BWL) and body weight loss maintenance (BWLM) after behavioral weight loss intervention are well-investigated in adults.
Alisa Weiland, Lena Kasemann Nannette, Stephan Zipfel, Stefan Ehehalt, Katrin Ziser, Florian Junne, Florian Junne, Isabelle Mack   +7 more
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‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
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A low serum iron level is a potential predictor of poor renal function in patients following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a retrospective study

Scientific Reports, 2021
This study aimed to assess the association of serum iron level (Iron) with the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) after bariatric surgery (BS).
Tien-Chou Soong, I.-Jung Feng, Jen-Yin Chen, I.-Wen Chen, Hong-Yi Tong, Ming-Yuen Yang, Shu-Fen Wu, Ming Yew, Kuo-Chuan Hung   +8 more
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A qualitative study exploring why adults with intellectual disabilities and obesity want to lose weight and views of their carers [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Obesity is more prevalent in adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) compared to the general population. Motivations for weight loss may influence engagement with weight management programmes and have only been studied in adults without ...
Bleazard, L., Hankey, C. R., Harris, L., Jones, N., Melville, C. A.   +4 more
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