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Adipose tissue morphology predicts improved insulin sensitivity following moderate or pronounced weight loss
Cross-sectional studies show that white adipose tissue hypertrophy (few, large adipocytes), in contrast to hyperplasia (many, small adipocytes), associates with insulin resistance and increased risk of develop...
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Open AccessTolerability of nausea and vomiting and associations with weight loss in a randomized trial of liraglutide in obese, non-diabetic adults
Liraglutide 3.0 mg, with diet and exercise, produced substantial weight loss over 1 year that was sustained over 2 years in obese non-diabetic adults. Nausea was the most frequent side effect.
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Erratum: Safety, tolerability and sustained weight loss over 2 years with the once-daily human GLP-1 analog, liraglutide
Correction to: International Journal of Obesity 36: 843–854; doi:10.1038/ijo.2011.158 Since publication of this article the authors have noticed the following errors. The original article has not been amended ...
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Erratum: Safety, tolerability and sustained weight loss over 2 years with the once-daily human GLP-1 analogue, liraglutide
Correction to: International Journal of Obesity advance online publication 16 August 2011; doi: 10.1038/ijo.2011.158 Since the publication of this article the authors have noticed an error in one of the figure...
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Open AccessSafety, tolerability and sustained weight loss over 2 years with the once-daily human GLP-1 analog, liraglutide
Having demonstrated short-term weight loss with liraglutide in this group of obese adults, we now evaluate safety/tolerability (primary outcome) and long-term efficacy for sustaining weight loss (secondary out...
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Macronutrient-specific effect of FTO rs9939609 in response to a 10-week randomized hypo-energetic diet among obese Europeans
The A risk allele of rs9939609 of the fat mass- and obesity-associated gene (FTO) increases body fat mass.
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Increased physical activity in abdominally obese women through support for changed commuting habits: a randomized clinical trial
Abdominally obese women can reduce their health risk through regular physical activity. There is, however, little evidence on the effectiveness of interventions that promote physical activity long-term, such a...
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Sexual function in obese women: impact of lower urinary tract dysfunction
To assess the impact on sexual function attributed to lower urinary tract dysfunction in a female obese population.
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Eating habits in relation to body fatness and gender in adolescents – results from the ‘SWEDES’ study
To investigate if eating habits among adolescents are related to body fatness and gender.
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False-positive breath-alcohol test after a ketogenic diet
A 59-year-old man undergoing weight loss with very low calorie diets (VLCD) attempted to drive a car, which was fitted with an alcohol ignition interlock device, but the vehicle failed to start. Because the ma...
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A comparison of effects of fish and beef protein on satiety in normal weight men
Previous studies have indicated that fish protein may have a greater effect on satiety compared to other protein sources of animal origin.
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The criterion validity of a last 7-day physical activity questionnaire (SAPAQ) for use in adolescents with a wide variation in body fat: the Stockholm Weight Development Study
The aim of the present study was to assess the criterion validity of a newly developed self-reported last 7-day physical activity questionnaire (SAPAQ) for use in Swedish adolescents with a wide variation in b...
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Randomized, multi-center trial of two hypo-energetic diets in obese subjects: high- versus low-fat content
To investigate whether a hypo-energetic low-fat diet is superior to a hypo-energetic high-fat diet for the treatment of obesity.
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40th EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
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Degree of body weight in obesity and Rorschach personality aspects of mental distress
Objective: To study the relationship between degree of obesity and personality measures of mental distress. Method: The Rorschach method (Comprehensive System) and the Beck Depression Inventory. ...
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Weight development over time in parous women—The SPAWN study—15 years follow-up
BACKGROUND: Weight gain is common after pregnancy. Most studies suggest that weight gain associated with a pregnancy is between 0.5 and 3.8 kg up to 2.5 y of follow-up. However, 73% of the female patients at our ...
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Success rate of Orlistat in primary-care practice is limited by failure to follow prescribing recommendations: the referral letter content vs clinical reality
Numerous referrals to our Obesity Unit state that ‘treatment with Orlistat did not work’. This surprised us, since Orlistat has been well documented to result in long-term sustained moderate weight loss. A sim...
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Short-term effects of sibutramine (ReductilTM) on appetite and eating behaviour and the long-term therapeutic outcome
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the short-term effects of sibutramine on appetite and eating behaviour and whether these effects are related to the long-term therapeutic outcome.
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Predictive value of early weight loss in obesity management with orlistat: an evidence-based assessment of prescribing guidelines
OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical usefulness of published guidelines for the use of orlistat, by studying whether weight loss ≥2.5 kg during a 4 week dietary lead-in period, and weight losses of ≥5% after 12 week...
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Obesity: the disease of the twenty-first century
The prevalence of obesity is increasing globally, with nearly half a billion of the world's population now considered to be overweight or obese. The obesity epidemic is related both to dietary factors and to a...
