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Do UK based weight management programmes cause weight loss maintenance in adults? A systematic review [PDF]

, 2012
The aim of this dissertation was to examine whether UK based weight management programmes promote weight loss maintenance (follow up of 12 months to assess effectiveness of intervention in weight loss) in adults through the process of a systematic review.
Moore, Alison
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A text message based weight management intervention [PDF]

, 2010
Purpose: This study aimed to determine whether a text message based intervention helped participants maintain or lose weight following completion of a weight loss programme.
Donaldson, Eleanor L.
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Effective UK weight management services for adults [PDF]

, 2012
A number of evidence-based weight management interventions are now available with different models, and serving different patient/client groups. While positive outcomes are key to the decision making process, so too is the information around how these ...
McCombie, L., Haslam, D., Lean, M.
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The impact of a group based, remotely delivered weight loss intervention in women with polycystic ovary syndrome on ovulation, quality of life and body composition

Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2022
BackgroundObesity and visceral adiposity are associated with anovulation. The most common cause of anovulatory infertility in women of reproductive age is polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
Anna M. Gorczyca, Felicia L. Steger, Lauren T. Ptomey, Robert N. Montgomery, Riley Mickelsen, Patricia Smith, Joseph E. Donnelly, Courtney A. Marsh   +7 more
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Applying a technology‐based system for weight loss in adults with obesity

Obesity Science & Practice, 2016
Summary Objective The aim of this study was to compare an in‐person, group‐based behavioral weight loss intervention to technology‐based interventions in adults with obesity.
R. J. Rogers, W. Lang, B. Barone Gibbs, K. K. Davis, L. E. Burke, S. J. Kovacs, L. A. Portzer, J. M. Jakicic   +7 more
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Integrative genomic analyses in adipocytes implicate DNA methylation in human obesity and diabetes

Nature Communications, 2023
DNA methylation variations are prevalent in human obesity but evidence of a causative role in disease pathogenesis is limited. Here, we combine epigenome-wide association and integrative genomics to investigate the impact of adipocyte DNA methylation ...
Liam McAllan, Damir Baranasic, Sergio Villicaña, Scarlett Brown, Weihua Zhang, Benjamin Lehne, Marco Adamo, Andrew Jenkinson, Mohamed Elkalaawy, Borzoueh Mohammadi, Majid Hashemi, Nadia Fernandes, Nathalie Lambie, Richard Williams, Colette Christiansen, Youwen Yang, Liudmila Zudina, Vasiliki Lagou, Sili Tan, Juan Castillo-Fernandez, James W. D. King, Richie Soong, Paul Elliott, James Scott, Inga Prokopenko, Inês Cebola, Marie Loh, Boris Lenhard, Rachel L. Batterham, Jordana T. Bell, John C. Chambers, Jaspal S. Kooner, William R. Scott   +32 more
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Shape-Up and Eat Right Families Pilot Program: Feasibility of a Weight Management Shared Medical Appointment Model in African-Americans With Obesity at an Urban Academic Medical Center

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018
ObjectivesDisparities in obesity care exist among African-American children and adults. We sought to test the feasibility of a pilot program, a 1-year family-based intervention for African-American families with obesity [shape up and eat right (SUPER ...
Gitanjali Srivastava, Kenya D. Palmer, Kathy A. Ireland, Ashley C. McCarthy, Kate E. Donovan, Aaron J. Manders, Juhee McDougal, Carine M. Lenders, Caroline M. Apovian   +8 more
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The acceptability, effectiveness, and impact of different models of care for pediatric weight management services: protocol for a concurrent mixed-methods study

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Pediatric obesity is a serious, but clinically neglected, chronic health problem. Despite the high prevalence, excess weight problems are rarely managed when children attend clinical services.
Jennifer Cohen, Shirley Alexander, Michelle Critekos, Sarah P. Garnett, Alison J. Hayes, Tim Shaw, Kyra A. Sim, Louise A. Baur   +7 more
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Modern understanding and advances in the diagnosis and treatment of obesity [PDF]

Waike lilun yu shijian
As a multifactorial chronic metabolic disorder with complex causes and serious health risks, obesity has drawn significant societal and medical attention.
BU Le, TONG Chuyan, QU Shen
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Wernicke Encephalopathy After Sleeve Gastrectomy

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
We present a case of Wernicke encephalopathy after sleeve gastrectomy. The patient exhibited spontaneous upbeat nystagmus and gaze-evoked nystagmus during an ophthalmologic examination, as shown in the accompanying video.
Lu Li, Jeong-Hun Shin, Kavita Sharma, Dong Wook Kim   +3 more
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