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Obesity and Lung Disease A Guide to Pathophysiology, Evaluation, and Management
This new edition provides a fully updated guide to obesity’s relation to lung disease. Over forty percent of the U.S. population is obese, and...
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Providing a common language for obesity: the European Association for the Study of Obesity obesity taxonomy
BackgroundThe basis for a high-performing and resilient healthcare system is having a common, precise, and scientifically accurate language used...
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Obesity-associated epigenetic alterations and the obesity-breast cancer axis
Both breast cancer and obesity can regulate epigenetic changes or be regulated by epigenetic changes. Due to the well-established link between...
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Obesity, Diabetes and Inflammation Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Management
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic that affects half a billion people. It has been estimated that, if current trends continue, by 2050, 60% of men and...
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Potential roles of sex-linked differences in obesity and cancer immunotherapy: revisiting the obesity paradox
Obesity, a condition of excess adiposity usually defined by a BMI > 30, can have profound effects on both metabolism and immunity, connecting the...
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Sepsis and obesity: a sco** review of diet-induced obesity murine models
BackgroundSepsis, the life-threatening host response to infection, is a major cause of mortality. Obesity increases vulnerability to sepsis; however,...
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Managing Pediatric Obesity Using Advanced Therapies Practical Guide for Pediatric Health Care Providers
Treatment of pediatric obesity, to date, has largely focused on lifestyle therapy. While lifestyle therapy is essential for obesity management, it is...
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Sarcopenic obesity is part of obesity paradox in dementia development: evidence from a population-based cohort study
BackgroundSarcopenic obesity, a clinical and functional condition characterized by the coexistence of obesity and sarcopenia, has not been...
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Multiple obesity indices suggest a close relationship between obesity and constipation: evidence from NHANES
ObjectiveThis study aims to investigate the relationship between obesity and constipation among American adults.
MethodsOur study leveraged data...
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Prevalence and associations of sarcopenia, obesity and sarcopenic obesity in end-stage knee osteoarthritis patients
ObjectiveTo identify the prevalence of obesity, sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity in end-stage knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients and analyze influences...
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Obesity and Obesity-Related Thyroid Dysfunction: Any Potential Role for the Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD)?
Purpose of ReviewThis review aims to explore in-depth the different aspects of the association between very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD),...
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Obesity: a 100 year perspective
This review has examined the scientific basis for our current understanding of obesity that has developed over the past 100 plus years. Obesity was...
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Income-related inequality in obesity and its determinants in Spain: What happens beyond the obesity threshold?
This paper computes and decomposes income-related inequalities in three metrics of obesity, namely, status, depth and severity, for Spain, a European...
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The economic burden of obesity in 4 south-eastern European countries associated with obesity-related co-morbidities
ObjectiveTo provide an assessment of the cost burden of obesity across a spectrum of obesity-related comorbidities (ORCs) for four countries in...
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Application of the extended parallel process model and risk perception attitude framework to obesity knowledge and obesity prevention behaviors among Korean adults
BackgroundPerceiving oneself as obese has been associated with weight loss attempts. However, such a perception may not sufficiently drive...
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Parental obesity predisposes to exacerbated metabolic and inflammatory disturbances in childhood obesity within the framework of an altered profile of trace elements
BackgroundFamily history of obesity is known to increase the odds of develo** childhood obesity in the offspring, but its influence in underlying...
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An Obesity-Centric Approach with and Without Anti-Obesity Medications Compared to the Usual-Care Approach to Management of Patients with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in an Employer Setting: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (EMPOWER-T2D)
IntroductionThis study aimed to compare weight loss and glycated hemoglobin (HbA 1c )-reduction effects of two obesity-centric, weight-loss management...
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Pediatric Overweight and Obesity Comorbidities, Trajectories, Prevention and Treatments
This book focuses on the worldwide frequent and growing problem with its projective trajectory that encompasses pediatric overweight and obesity.Throu...
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Fourteen-year trends in overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity in Amazonian indigenous peoples
BackgroundAvailable data show that the epidemiological profile of most indigenous Brazilian populations is characterized by the coexistence of...
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Obesity and Esophageal Dysfunction
Purpose of ReviewObesity and related comorbidities are on the rise, with trends showing that nearly half of the United States population will be...
