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Open AccessThe Role of Physical Exercise as a Therapeutic Tool to Improve Lipedema: A Consensus Statement from the Italian Society of Motor and Sports Sciences (Società Italiana di Scienze Motorie e Sportive, SISMeS) and the Italian Society of Phlebology (Società Italiana di Flebologia, SIF)
This consensus statement from the Italian Society of Motor and Sports Sciences (Società Italiana di Scienze Motorie e Sportive, SISMeS) and the Italian Society of Phlebology (Società Italiana di Flebologia, SIF) ...
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Open AccessVery low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD): a therapeutic nutritional tool for acne?
Acne, a chronic inflammatory disease impacting the pilosebaceous unit, is influenced significantly by inflammation and oxidative stress, and is commonly associated with obesity. Similarly, obesity is also asso...
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Open AccessVery low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) in the management of hidradenitis suppurativa (Acne Inversa): an effective and safe tool for improvement of the clinical severity of disease. Results of a pilot study
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), an inflammatory-based dermatological condition often associated with obesity, poses significant challenges in management. The very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) has shown ef...
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Open AccessSex-differences in Mediterranean diet: a key piece to explain sex-related cardiovascular risk in obesity? A cross-sectional study
Mediterranean Diet (MD) has many health benefits, particularly in reducing cardiovascular risk (CVR). However, it is still little known if there are any sex differences in following this nutritional pattern an...
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Open AccessSindrome dell’ovaio policistico: ruolo del glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) nella regolazione dell’asse ipotalamo-ipofisi-ovaio
L’obesità e l’insulino-resistenza associate alla sindrome dell’ovaio policistico (PCOS) hanno stimolato studi clinici sull’efficacia degli agonisti recettoriali del Glucagon-like Peptide 1 (GLP-1RA) nella perd...
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Open AccessAdherence to the Mediterranean diet as a possible additional tool to be used for screening the metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) phenotype
The terms metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) categorize subjects with obesity based on the presence or absence of cardio-metabolic risk factors. Detecting MUO phenoty...
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Open AccessCan the ketogenic diet improve our dreams? Effect of very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) on sleep quality
Obesity is a condition that is often associated with sleep disorders, including reduced sleep quality (SQ). Very low calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) has proven to be effective in the management of obesity and a...
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Open AccessThe Fat Kidney
The purpose of this review is to summarize the current evidence on the role of obesity in the development and progression of chronic kidney disease and the current evidence on nutritional, pharmacological, and...
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Open AccessCorrection: Ketogenic Diet as Medical Prescription in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
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Open AccessProbiotics and Prebiotics: Any Role in Menopause-Related Diseases?
The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the menopause-related changes in microbiota and their role in the pathogenesis of menopause-related diseases. In addition, evidence on probiotic supplementat...
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Open AccessKetogenic Diet as Medical Prescription in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
The polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine dysfunction associated with a myriad of metabolic disorders and high rate of infertility. In order to aid its management, several lifestyle/dietary interven...
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Open AccessVery low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD): an antihypertensive nutritional approach
Obesity is accompanied by hormonal, inflammatory and endothelial alterations. These alterations induce a stimulation of several other mechanisms that contribute to the hypertensive state and to increase the ca...
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Open AccessSupplementation with medium-chain fatty acids increases body weight loss during very low-calorie ketogenic diet: a retrospective analysis in a real-life setting
Very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) has shown to significantly reduce body weight and fat mass, as well as inflammation. These effects are supported by nutritional ketosis, which triggers the utilization o...
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Phase angle as biomarker of inflammatory changes during very low-calorie ketogenic diet
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Disturbi del sonno nella donna in menopausa
I disturbi del sonno rappresentano uno dei principali sintomi della menopausa e sono causati da diversi fattori. Cambiamenti ormonali come la riduzione dei livelli di estrogeni e i conseguenti sintomi vasomoto...
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Open AccessChronotype and Sleep Quality in Obesity: How Do They Change After Menopause?
This review primarily provides an overview of the current evidence on chronotype (which reflects an individual’s preference for the timing of slee**, eating, and activity in a 24-h period) and sleep quality ...
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Open AccessPrader–Willi Syndrome in Adults: An Update On Nutritional Treatment and Pharmacological Approach
Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare and complex genetic disorder with multiple effects on the metabolic, endocrine, and neurological systems, as well as behavioral and intellectual difficulties. Despite adva...
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Evening chronotype is associated with severe NAFLD in obesity
Chronotype, i.e., the individual attitude to carry out the daily activities at a certain time of the day, has been reported to play a role in metabolic diseases. Thus, the aim of our study was to investigate t...
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Phase angle as an easy diagnostic tool for the nutritionist in the evaluation of inflammatory changes during the active stage of a very low-calorie ketogenic diet
Very low-calorie ketogenic diets (VLCKDs) have recently gained increasing interest for their anti-inflammatory effects. Phase angle (PhA), a bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)-derived measure used as a scr...
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From the Ketogenic Diet to the Mediterranean Diet: The Potential Dietary Therapy in Patients with Obesity after CoVID-19 Infection (Post CoVID Syndrome)
This review primarily examines the evidence for areas of consensus and on-going uncertainty or controversy about diet and physical exercise approaches for in the post-CoVID. We propose an ideal dietary and phy...
