Related terms: overweightmorbid obesitylocalized adiposityadipositybody weightsymptoms
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Morbid obesity: definitions, epidemiology, and methodological problems.
This article defines obesity, ideal body weight, morbid obesity, and indexes of overweight, pointing out some of the difficulties in studies of the epidemiology of morbid obesity.
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A cardiologist’s guide to waist management.
Clinical management of obesity remains a challenge.
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Biological influences on obesity.
Severely obese children are even more likely to have mutations in obesity genes than are severely obese adults. Thus, investigators searching for obesity genes commonly focus on children, with the…
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Heterogeneity of plasma insulin and triglyceride levels in obesity demonstrated by family study.
Fifty relatives of 7 families with high prevalence of obesity were investigated and the possibility was shown that there were three forms of familial obesity — normoinsulinemic obesity, hyperinsulinemic obesity and diabetic…
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Classification and pathophysiology of symptomatic obesity
Symptomatic obesity was classified by 1) endocrine obesity, 2) central nerve-related obesity, 3) genetic syndrome with obesity and 4) drug-induced obesity. Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of the diseases which induce symptomatic…
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Childhood Obesity: Variations in Management
Childhood obesity has been described as a growing national epidemic. Between 1980 and 1994 the prevalence of childhood obesity doubled with 10% to 15% of children and adolescents being obese.…
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Strength Training for Obesity Prevention
Recent obesity prevalence increases have made obesity prevention a clear and pressing public health issue. The average US. woman gains about 0.5 kg per year. Overweight women aged 25 to…
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Mitochondrial Function in Pediatric Obesity
The prevalence of pediatric obesity is increasing at an unprecedented rate. Obese children are at risk for the development of insulin resistance, relative insulin deficiency and type 2 diabetes mellitus.…
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Alcohol in the Treatment of Obesity
This pilot study looks at the relationship of moderate alcohol consumption on weight loss.
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Pharmacokinetics of Implanon in Obese Women
Prior studies examining the pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of the new etonogestrel-containing single rod implantable contraceptive device, Implanon, did not include women who exceeded 130% of ideal body weight. Yet,…
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