Browsing by Subject "obesity"
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Challenges in the Management of Geriatric Obesity in High Risk Populations.
(Nutrients, 2016-05-04)The global prevalence of obesity in the older adult population is growing, an increasing concern in both the developed and developing countries of the world. The study of geriatric obesity and its management is a relatively ... -
Closed-Incision Negative-Pressure Therapy in Obese Patients Undergoing Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
(AJP Rep, 2017-07)Background Postcesarean wound morbidity is a costly complication of cesarean delivery for which preventative strategies remain understudied.Objective We compared surgical site occurrences (SSOs) in cesarean patients receiving ... -
Comparing Self-Monitoring Strategies for Weight Loss: Does Developing Mastery Before Diet Tracking Enhance Engagement?
(2018)Self-monitoring of dietary intake is a valuable component of behavioral weight loss treatment but engagement in self-monitoring declines quickly, resulting in suboptimal treatment outcomes. This dissertation examined a novel ... -
Dysregulated Metabolism in the Pathophysiology of Non-Allergic Obese Asthma.
(Journal of asthma and allergy, 2021-01)Asthma is an obstructive airway disease that is characterized by reversible airway obstruction and is classically associated with atopic, TH2 driven inflammation. Landmark studies in the second half of the twentieth century ... -
Food Advertising on Television Targeting Children in Honduras
(2012)<bold>Abstract</bold><underline>Background</underline>: Rates of childhood overweight and obesity have increased dramatically across Latin America in recent years. In Honduras, the problem is more common among children ... -
Imbalanced Coagulation in the Airway of Type-2 High Asthma with Comorbid Obesity.
(Journal of asthma and allergy, 2021-01)Asthma is a common, chronic airway inflammatory disease marked by airway hyperresponsiveness, inflammation, and remodeling. Asthma incidence has increased rapidly in the past few decades and recent multicenter analyses have ... -
Is bigger really better? Obesity among high school football players, player position, and team success.
(Clin Pediatr (Phila), 2013-10)OBJECTIVE: American football is one of the most common high school sports in the United States. We examine obesity among high school football players, and variations based on positions, team division, and team success. PATIENTS ... -
Metabolic Pathways of Type 2 Diabetes: Intersection of Genetics, Transcriptomics, and Metabolite Profiling
(2008-07-25)Type 2 diabetes is characterized by insufficient insulin secretion to maintain euglycemia in the setting of peripheral insulin resistance. The majority of insulin-resistant diabetics are obese, yet not all insulin-resistant ... -
Postoperative Depression, Eating Behaviors, and Physical Activity as Indicators of Weight Loss in Gastric Bypass Patients
(2014)Background: Bariatric surgery produces marked weight loss and improvement in comorbid health conditions among individuals with Class II or Class III obesity (Class I = 30.0 ≤ BMI ≤ 34.9kg/m2; Class II = 35.0 ≤ BMI ... -
Principal-component-based multivariate regression for genetic association studies of metabolic syndrome components
(2010)Background: Quantitative traits often underlie risk for complex diseases. For example, weight and body mass index (BMI) underlie the human abdominal obesity-metabolic syndrome. Many attempts have been made to identify ... -
Reduction of Internalized Weight Bias via Mindful Self-compassion: Theoretical Framework and Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
(2022)Weight bias internalization is considered a chronic discriminatory stressor and a threat to health. Weight bias internalization has known associations with health-depleting behaviors (i.e., disordered eating, social isolation) ... -
Reported Sports Participation, Race, Sex, Ethnicity, and Obesity in US Adolescents From NHANES Physical Activity (PAQ_D).
(Glob Pediatr Health, 2015)Objective. To understand the relationships between participation in different types of leisure time sport activity and adolescent obesity, and how those relationships might differ based on race, gender, and household income. ... -
Role of T cells in malnutrition and obesity.
(Front Immunol, 2014)Nutritional status is critically important for immune cell function. While obesity is characterized by inflammation that promotes metabolic syndrome including cardiovascular disease and insulin resistance, malnutrition can ... -
Socioeconomic Stress by Dopamine Receptor 2 Gene Interactions in the Development of Obesity
(2013)Background: Previous research suggests that early life socioeconomic stress and certain genetic polymorphisms may be partly associated with increased adiposity; however, research on both genetic and environmental predictors ... -
Special Considerations in the Management of Diabetes in Women.
(Journal of women's health (2002), 2018-05-10)Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes are heterogeneous diseases that directly affect over 115 million Americans. Considerable gender differences exist with regard to diabetes risk factors, hormonal effects on glucose, ... -
The design and conduct of Keep It Off: An online randomized trial of financial incentives for weight-loss maintenance.
(Clin Trials, 2016-09-19)BACKGROUND: Obesity continues to be a serious public health challenge. Rates are increasing worldwide, with nearly 70% of the US adults overweight or obese, leading to increased clinical and economic burden. While successful ... -
The Regulation of Lipid Metabolism and Mitochondrial Quality Control in Health and Disease
(2015)Advances in modern medicine have helped to prolong human life. These advancements coupled with an ever-increasing population means that diseases associated with aging will become more prevalent in the coming years. As ... -
Using In-Home Scanner Data to Analyze Beverage Purchasing Patterns of Chinese Urban Households
(2015)Background: Due to recent rapid economic development, China has seen changes in what foods households are purchasing as well as the general health of the population.In the United States and other high-income countries, in-home ... -
Viral Delivery of the Fat-1 Gene to Treat Post-Traumatic Arthritis with Diet-Induced Obesity
(2016)Post-traumatic arthritis (PTA) is arthritis that develops following joint injury, including meniscus and ligament tears. Current treatments for PTA range from over-the-counter medication to knee replacement; however, in ...
