Obesity
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Di(2‐ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is reported to cause obesity and hypothyroidism in both humans and rodents, but the underlying mechanisms were largely unknown. This study was designed to clarify the effects and the mechanisms of DEHP on the pathogenesis of obesity and hypothyroidism and to discover the relationship between them.
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Male C3H/He mice were treated with DEHP for 5...
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To evaluate the effects of water versus beverages sweetened with non‐nutritive sweeteners (NNS) on body weight in subjects enrolled in a year‐long behavioral weight loss treatment program.
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The study used a randomized equivalence design with NNS or water beverages as the main factor in a trial among 303 weight‐stable people with overweight and obesity. All participants participated...
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The Lifestyle Interventions for Expectant Moms (LIFE‐Moms) Consortium is designed to determine, in pregnant women with overweight or obesity, whether various behavioral and lifestyle interventions reduce excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) and subsequent adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes and obesity in offspring. The design and planning process of the LIFE‐Moms Consortium is described...
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To assess the stability of metabolic status and body mass index (BMI) status and their relative contribution to risk of diabetes, cardiovascular events, and mortality.
Methods
A total of 14,685 participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study and 4,990 from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study were included. People with healthy obesity (HO) are defined...
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To describe the development of the Oxford Food and Activity Behaviors (OxFAB) taxonomy and questionnaire to explore the cognitive and behavioral strategies used by individuals during weight management attempts.
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The taxonomy was constructed through a qualitative analysis of existing resources and a review of existing behavior change taxonomies and theories. The taxonomy was translated...
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Investigate the nature of the relationship between chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and metabolic syndrome among nondiabetic adults.
Methods
This was a cross‐sectional analysis of 17,030 nondiabetic adults (7437 males and 9593 females; mean age, 36.0 ± 3.9 years) in northern Taiwan from 2008 to 2009. The associations of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seropositivity with...
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This article examines relations between patterns of dietary exposures at 9 months and infant and maternal weight status at 1 year postpartum.
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Participants were part of the Infant Feeding Practices Study II and included 1807 mothers participating through the first year postpartum. All data were self‐reported monthly by mothers. Latent class analysis was conducted to identify patterns...
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Midlife and contemporaneous cardiometabolic risk factors associated with sarcopenic obesity were examined.
Methods
Utilizing BMI and sex‐specific 24‐h urinary creatinine excretion, 1,019 participants from the Framingham cohorts were categorized as non‐sarcopenia non‐obese (NSNO), non‐obese sarcopenia, non‐sarcopenic obesity, and sarcopenic obesity. Cardiometabolic risk factors were quantified...
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The aim was to estimate the effects of ponderal index at birth and body mass index (BMI) in early adulthood on C‐reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) and to quantify the effects through subsequent measures of body size. In a subanalysis, the contributions of maternal BMI to the inflammatory status of offspring were investigated.
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The study was based on 2,986 Danish males...
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The role of physical activity and the joint effect with sleep duration on insulin sensitivity (IS) during energy restriction followed by weight maintenance were determined.
Methods
One hundred and two subjects (28 males) (mean ± SD age: 40 ± 9 years; BMI: 31.9 ± 3.0 kg/m2) followed a very‐low‐energy diet for 8 weeks, followed by a 44‐week period of weight maintenance. Body composition...
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The objective was twofold: (1) to estimate for each individual the body mass index (BMI) which is associated with the lowest risk of death, and (2) to study variants of the BMI formula to determine which gives the best predictions of death.
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Treating BMI = mass/height2 as a continuous variable and estimating its interaction effects with several other variables, this study analyzed...
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Obesity‐induced diabetes has increased over the years and has become one of the risk factors for stroke. We investigated the influence of diet‐induced obesity and hyperglycemia on permanent distal middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO)‐induced ischemic stroke in mice.
Methods
Male C57/Bl6 mice were treated with a high‐fat/high‐carbohydrate diet [HFCD/obese and hyperglycemia (O/H)] or...
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Autonomic dysregulation is a well‐established feature in adults with obesity but not in children. Since this dysregulation could contribute to weight dynamics, this study aimed to compare autonomic regulation in children with obesity and normal‐weight peers and to track autonomic status during weight reduction.
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Sixty children with obesity and 27 age‐ and sex‐matched normal‐weight...
ObjectiveRecent studies have revealed that SIRT1 gain‐of‐function could promote adipose tissue browning for the adaptive thermogenesis under normal diet. This study investigated the role of SIRT1 loss‐of‐function in diet‐induced obesity and insulin resistance and the mechanism involved in adipose tissue thermogenesis.
MethodsMale SIRT1+/− and wild‐type (WT) mice were fed with a high‐fat diet (HFD)...
ObjectiveLittle is known about the effects of social support on weight loss in Latinos. This study determined whether sex moderated and treatment adherence mediated the association between social support and weight loss.
MethodsData from 278 Latino males and females with type 2 diabetes in the Intensive Lifestyle Intervention of the Look AHEAD trial were analyzed. Multivariable modeling tested for...
ObjectiveThe neuroprotective effects of liraglutide (200 μg/kg, twice daily, subcutaneous administration) in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) of diet‐induced obese mice were investigated.
MethodsC57BL/6 mice were separated into groups: standard chow treated with vehicle or liraglutide and the respective liraglutide pair‐fed group; high‐fat diet treated with vehicle or liraglutide and the respective...