Severe obesity was formerly called "morbid obesity," but the use of this term is now discouraged, as it can be offensive. The term morbid obesity was created in 1963 as part of an effort to have weight loss surgery approved by insurance companies. The word “morbidity” in medical terms...
This study uses National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data to characterize trends in obesity prevalence among US youth and adults between
Depression in association with severe obesity: changes with weight loss. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:2058-65.Dixon, J., Dixon, M. and O’Brien, P. (2003) Depression in association with severe obesity: Changes with weight loss. Archives of Internal Medicine, 163, 2058-2065. doi:10.1001/...
his mother said. But by age 14, his weight had soared to 430 pounds and was a life-threatening medical condition.Nine months after weight-loss surgery that removed a portion of his stomach, John has lost about 150 pounds, boosting his health — and his hopes for the future."It was like...
Dr. Samuel Emmerich is the CDC public health officer who led the latest study. He said it is too soon to know whether new treatments for obesity, including weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound, can help ease the disease.
obesity as a metabolic disease and new interventions, such as the new class of weight-loss drugs, gives her hope. the key is preventing obesity in the first place, starting in early childhood, cunningham said. even when people develop obesity, preventing additional weight gain should be the ...
Nitrogen balance has been measured in 25 (16 f, 9m) patients with severe obesity submitted for four weeks to total fasting (TF) or different versions of protein-sparing modified fast (PSMF). The hospitalized patients, divided into four age-matched groups, were treated as follows:Group 1, ...
Weight Loss Improves Endothelial Function Independently of ADMA Reduction in Severe Obesity. Weight Loss Improves Endothelial Function Independently of ADMA Reduction in Severe Obesitydoi:10.1055/s-0031-1271778ADMAendothelial dysfunctionobesity... - 《Hormone & Metabolic Research》 被引量: 0发表: 2011...
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and glucose intolerance are associated with an increased risk of mortality in patients with severe obesity; however, whether histological findings of the liver are related to glucose intolerance in these patients remai
Weight loss interventions could reduce the risk of severe cases of flu and other infections in people with diabetes, suggests new research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Madrid, Spain