Browsing by Subject "Obesity"
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(Bentham Science, 2020)Background: Obesity is a major health problem associated with increased comorbiditics, which are partially triggered by inflammation. Proinflaminatory macrophage infiltration in adipose tissue of individuals with obesity ...
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(MDPI AG, 2018)© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. International scientific experts in food, nutrition, dietetics, endocrinology, physical activity, paediatrics, nursing, toxicology and public health met in Lisbon ...
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Identification of the thrifty phenotype for the personalization of overweight and obesity management (Elsevier, 2022)La obesidad es un problema grave que representa una alta carga para la salud de las personas y sus familias: genera una mayor discapacidad, pérdida de productividad, aumento de enfermedades y muerte prematura. Tradicionalmente, ...
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(2011)Background: Chile has a high prevalence of overweight and obesity and is important to implement and evaluate treatment and control strategies that are effective. Objectives: To evaluate changes in nutritional status and ...
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(MDPI, 2021)Prenatal and postnatal development are closely related to healthy maternal conditions that allow for the provision of all nutritional requirements to the offspring. In this regard, an appropriate supply of fatty acids (FA), ...
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(Springer, 2021)Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women in reproductive age. Depending on the diagnostic criteria used, the prevalence varies between 8% and 13% [1–4]. This syndrome was initially ...
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(Springer, 2020)Purpose Obesity has been associated with reduced vagal function and increased sympathetic activity. Cardiac autonomic dysfunction has emerged as a major risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease. Cardiac ...
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(2004)Hepatic steatosis is a major feature associated with NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease). The aims of the present study were to assess the levels of PUFA (polyunsaturated fatty acids) in liver total lipids, ...
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Increase of plasma fatty acids without changes in n-6/n-3-PUFA ratio in asymptomatic obese subjects (2011)Obesity is associated with a low grade inflammation which contributes to the development of insulin resistance and diabetes. The aim of this study was to assess the total saturated (SFAs), monounsaturated (MUFAs) and ...
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(MDPI AG, 2018)© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. We explored the association between excess body fat and academic performance in high school students from Santiago, Chile. In 632 16-year-olds (51% males) from ...
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(Elsevier, 2016)Background International studies of the health of Indigenous and tribal peoples provide important public health insights. Reliable data are required for the development of policy and health services. Previous studies ...
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(MDPI, 2021)There is controversy about the relationship between ACE I/D polymorphism and health. Seventy-four healthy adults (n = 28 women; 22.5 +/- 4.2 years) participated in this cross-sectional study aimed at determining the influence ...
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(Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)Introduction: aging and obesity cause changes in water exchange rate, which could affect the equilibrium time of deuterium oxide (21120). Objective: to assess the effect of overweight and obesity on the equilibrium ...
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(2009)The prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents is progressively increasing around the world. One of the important consequences of obesity is the development of insulin resistance (IR). This condition has a ...
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(2011)Background: In the last decades, a seven to nine fold increase in the prevalence of teenage obesity and overweight has occurred. Aim: To assess energy intake and metabolism in a sample of overweight and obese adolescents. ...
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(American Society for Nutrition, 1996)We performed a liver biopsy and measured plasma concentrations of interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and spontaneous and lipopolysaccharide-stimulated in vitro monocyte production of IL-1β and TNF-α ...
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(Endocrine Society, 2020)Mitochondrial damage is implicated as a major contributing factor for a number of noncommunicable chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, obesity, and insulin resistance/type 2 diabetes. Here, we discuss ...
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(2007)Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has been introduced as a multipurpose restrictive procedure for obese patients. Variations of the surgical technique would be important for the late results. Methods: 50 ...
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(Impact Journals LLC, 2015)The evidence linking obesity with ovarian cancer remains controversial. Leptin is expressed at higher levels in obese women and stimulates cell migration in other epithelial cancers. Here, we explored the clinical impact ...
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(Wiley, 2020)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has reached worldwide, and until a vaccine is found, it will continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality. The clinical presentation of COVID-19 ranges from that ...
