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Objective
Adult obesity is recognized as a chronic disease. According to principles of chronic disease management, healthcare professionals should work collaboratively with patients to determine appropriate therapeutic strategies that address overweight and obesity, specifically considering a patient's disease status in addition to their individual needs, preferences, and attitudes regarding treatment...
ObjectiveTo explore the transcriptome of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) as compared to subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and its modifications in a small number of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) versus valvulopathy.
MethodsSAT and EAT samples were obtained during elective cardiothoracic surgeries. The transcriptome of EAT was evaluated, as compared to SAT, using an unbiased, whole‐genome...
ObjectiveTo assess subclinical kidney injury in adolescents with severe obesity by measuring biomarkers of early kidney disease and to assess changes in the levels of these biomarkers following bariatric procedures.
MethodsTwenty‐two adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery with no microalbuminuria and normal kidney function were selected. Urinary NGAL, IL‐18, and KIM‐1 were measured at baseline,...
ObjectiveMany individuals have difficulty adhering to a weight loss diet. One possible explanation could be that dietary restriction paradoxically contributes to overconsumption. The objective of this study was to examine ingestive behavior under a forced chocolate restriction with a focus on the anticipatory restriction period and the post‐restriction period in frequent chocolate consumers.
MethodsFifty‐six...
ObjectiveTo determine whether there are differences in baseline psychological and behavioral characteristics between individuals with severe obesity who chose a surgical or nonsurgical intervention for weight loss.
MethodsThe current study utilized data from a larger study funded by a state insurance company and is unique in that the insurance company funded the weight loss interventions. Participants...
ObjectiveThe obesity epidemic may have developed as a response to the obesogenic environment among the genetically predisposed. This investigation examined whether the intergenerational resemblances in childhood overweight changed across the development of the obesity epidemic in groups of children born to parents with and without childhood overweight.
MethodsThe study population was from the Copenhagen...
ObjectiveEmerging evidence suggests female type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients may fare worse than males with respect to cardiovascular complications. Hence the impact of sex on relative progression of left ventricular (LV) remodeling in obese db/db mice was characterized.
MethodsThe changes in parameters of LV hypertrophy (heart weight, pro‐hypertrophic gene expression, cardiomyocyte size) and fibrosis...
ObjectivePrior studies on the association of physical activity (PA) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are limited by reliance on subjective measures of PA. We examined the association between objectively measured PA and hepatic steatosis defined by computed tomography (CT).
MethodsWe conducted a cross‐sectional study of 1,060 Framingham Heart Study participants who participated in the Multidetector...
ObjectiveBariatric surgery remains the most effective treatment for obesity and metabolic syndrome. Surgical benefit arises from early‐phase resolution of hyperglycemia and late‐phase weight loss. The adipokine chemerin is of interest given its roles in immunity, adipogenesis, and metabolism. The study objective was to examine the effects of biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD‐DS)...
ObjectiveObesity, a sirtuin‐1 (SIRT‐1) ‐deficient state, increases morbidity and resource utilization in critically ill patients. SIRT‐1 deficiency increases microvascular inflammation and mortality in early sepsis. The objective of the study was to study the effect of resveratrol (RSV), a SIRT‐1 activator, on microvascular inflammation in obese septic mice.
Methodsob/ob and C57Bl/6 (WT) mice were...
ObjectiveThe G‐protein coupled receptor family C group 6 member A (GPRC6A) is activated by proteinogenic amino acids and may sense amino acids in the gastrointestinal tract and the brain. The study investigated whether GPRC6A was necessary for the effects of low‐ and high‐protein diets on body weight and food intake in mice.
MethodsThe role of GPRC6A in mediating the effects of a low‐protein diet...
ObjectiveTo examine relationships between weight loss through changes in lifestyle and peripheral blood gene expression profiles.
MethodsA prospective nonrandomized trial was conducted over 1 year in participants undergoing intensive lifestyle modification to reverse or stabilize progression of coronary artery disease. Cardiovascular risk factors, inflammatory biomarkers, and gene expression as a...
ObjectiveTo evaluate change in sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) over 3 years following bariatric surgery.
MethodsA subset of participants in an observational study (n = 473 of 2,458; 79% female, median body mass index 45 kg m−2) wore an activity monitor presurgery and at 1‐3 annual postsurgery assessments.
ResultsOver the first year, on average, sedentary time decreased from 573...
ObjectiveThe hippocampus is crucial for paired‐associate learning. Obesity is associated with increased mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activity in peripheral and possibly central tissues, decreased hippocampal size in humans, and impaired hippocampal learning in rodents. The MR is expressed in hippocampal neurons, and MR blockade improves hippocampal learning in obese animals. The goal of the study...
ObjectiveThe psychosocial health of adolescents with severe obesity (BMI ≥ 120% for age and gender) has only recently been the focus of empirical work.
MethodsThis multisite study—an ancillary to a prospective longitudinal observational study documenting health in adolescents having weight loss surgery (WLS)—presents preoperative/baseline data from 141 WLS adolescents and 83 nonsurgical comparisons...
ObjectiveExcessive weight gain frequently occurs in patients with hypothalamic tumors and lesions leading to hypothalamic obesity (HO).
MethodsDigital brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and clinical outcomes were studied retrospectively in a single center, including 45 children with postoperative lesions in the sellar region (41 craniopharyngiomas, 4 with Rathke's cleft cysts), ∼5 years post‐surgery,...
ObjectiveTo investigate the influence of food insecurity on women's stress, disordered eating, dietary fat intake, and weight during the postpartum period.
MethodsThe association between marginal food security and food insecurity—measured during pregnancy and postpartum—and stress, disordered eating, dietary fat intake, and weight at 3 and 12 months postpartum was estimated using multivariate linear...
ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to determine the relationship of various thoracic fat depots with the presence and extent of coronary artery plaque and circulating biomarkers.
MethodsIn 342 patients (52 ± 11 years, 61% male, BMI 29.1 ± 5.9 kg/m2) with coronary computed tomography (CT), angiography, we measured the fat volume in four thoracic depots (pericoronary, epicardial, periaortic, extracardiac),...
ObjectiveIn 2013, the American Medical Association classified obesity as a disease. This study assessed public opinions about this disease classification.
MethodsIn January 2014, a national sample of 1118 adults completed surveys assessing their agreement with 33 statements in support of and against the disease classification of obesity, as well as measures assessing sociodemographic characteristics...
ObjectiveThis study examined the associations of masticatory ability evaluated by chewing‐gum‐stimulated salivary flow rate with anthropometric indices among a general Japanese population.
MethodsIn total, 921 Japanese men and women aged 30–79 years participated in this cross‐sectional study. Saliva production was stimulated by 5 min of gum chewing, then collected; salivary flow rate was calculated...
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