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Risks and benefits of bariatric surgery: current evidence.
Patients typically lose more than 50% of their excess weight after bariatric surgery. Obesity-related diseases markedly improve, reducing cardiovascular risk and improving life expectancy. Obese patients lose more weight with…
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Diet and physical activity behaviors among Americans trying to lose weight: 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence and correlates of trying to lose weight among U.S. adults, describe weight loss strategies, and assess attainment of recommendations for weight control (eating fewer calories…
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Obesity, weight loss, and physician’s advice.
Despite the increasing prevalence and economic costs of obesity in the USA, many physicians and other health care professionals do not advise their overweight and obese patients about weight loss.…
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Are you currently on a diet? What respondents mean when they say “yes”.
Male and female university students were asked the questions "Are you currently on a diet to lose weight?" and "Are you currently on a diet to maintain your weight?" Respondents…
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A war on obesity, not the obese.
In their efforts to lose weight, obese individuals may be fighting a powerful set of evolutionary forces honed in an environment drastically different from that of today.
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Role of Caspase-3, Phosphotidylinositol-3 Kinase (PI3K), and 3-Methylhistidine (3-MH) in the Pathophysiology of Skeletal Muscle Loss in Weight-Losing Pancreas Cancer Patients
RATIONALE: Learning about biological markers in patients with pancreatic cancer and cachexia may help doctors predict patient outcome and may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This…
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