Parental characteristics have a larger effect on children's health behaviour than their body weight.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The choice between different bariatric procedures for each patient is an important question in bariatric surgery. In this article, we explain criteria for patient selection for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at the Obesity Center Wuerzburg and compare the corresponding outcomes for these selection cri...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Fein M,Bueter M,Jurowich C,Wierlemann A,Gerlach A,Thalheimer A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The global obesity epidemic continues, new approaches are needed to understand the causes. We analyzed data from an evolutionary perspective, stressing developmental plasticity. METHODS:We present diachronical height, weight, and BMI data for 702,902 Swiss male conscripts aged 18-20 years, a representative, ...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Staub K,Bender N,Floris J,Pfister C,Rühli FJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the association between overnutrition and scholastic achievement (SA). METHODS:A representative and proportional sample of 477 children of the 5th elementary school grade of both genders was randomly chosen during 2010, in the Metropolitan Region of Chile. SA was measured ...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Flores OC,Orellana YZ,Leyton BD,Valenzuela RB,Barrera CR,Almagià AF,Martínez VC,Ivanovic D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to review the effectiveness of physical activity promotion interventions in the worksite setting in Europe in order to identify those studies that had measured obesity-related outcomes and to evaluate how external validity of the findings had been assessed. METHODS:We conducted a review of studie...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Vuillemin A,Rostami C,Maes L,Van Cauwenberghe E,Van Lenthe FJ,Brug J,De Bourdeaudhuij I,Oppert JM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a major public health problem of pandemic proportion. Despite its high prevalence and widespread distribution (consistent with a common underlying etiology), clinical psychologists and primary care physicians routinely approach the problem with individualized but often ineffective treatments like psychother...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Myslobodsky M,Ingraham LJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between overeating, substance abuse and (behavioral) addiction is controversial. Medically established forms of addiction so far pertain to substance use disorders only. But the preliminary Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders V (DSM V) suggests replacing the previous category 'Subst...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Albayrak O,Wölfle SM,Hebebrand J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The emergence of obesity as a distinct disease could have far reaching consequences for an organisation where optimum health and physical fitness are required for personnel to perform their occupational roles effectively. The objectives of this paper are to systematically review the literature concerning corr...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Sanderson PW,Clemes SA,Biddle SJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is officially recognised as a chronic disease and a top public health priority by several global societies and healthcare bodies. In some European countries, the majority of the adult population is either overweight or obese, with major implications for patient health and healthcare systems. General practition...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： McGowan BM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Research suggests that making overly positive self-evaluations is the norm rather than the exception. However, unlike other stigmatized groups, overweight individuals do not exhibit a positive in-group social identity and instead exhibit significant explicit, implicit, and internalized weight bias. Ther...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Carels RA,Hinman N,Koball A,Oehlhof MW,Gumble A,Young KM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current obesity epidemic poses a major public health issue since obesity predisposes towards several chronic diseases. BMI and total adiposity are positively correlated with cardiometabolic disease risk at the population level. However, body fat distribution and an impaired adipose tissue function, rather than tot...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Goossens GH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even though risks are higher and long-term results may be less favorable, the elderly obese can still benefit from bariatric surgery. Whether the higher surgical risk is worth the benefits is yet to be determined. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We reviewed our database and identified all patients aged 65 or older wh...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Nevo N,Eldar SM,Lessing Y,Sabo E,Nachmany I,Hazzan D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Weight control through lifestyle interventions represents a suitable strategy to avoid the metabolic, endocrine, and reproductive comorbidities associated with overweight and obesity. Reduced testosterone (T) levels are a worsening factor in overweight males. However, prognostic parameters of long-term weigh...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： De Toni L,Petre GC,Garolla A,De Santis I,Valente U,Foresta C,De Rocco Ponce M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the lack of sufficient data concerning the long-time results,the morbidity, and the mortality of laparoscopic sleeve resection, this operation is performed with growing enthusiasm.However, general principles of laparoscopic surgery need to be observed to ensure good results. This article describes an operative...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Djalali P,Birk D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In order to quantify the preventive potential of body weight reduction in Germany, population-attributable risks (PARs) were estimated for 13 cancer types. METHODS:PARs were calculated using body weight prevalence from a nationwide survey from 1998, cancer incidence estimates for 2010 from cancer registry da...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Wienecke A,Neuhauser H,Kraywinkel K,Barnes B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cystatin C, a protein coded by CST3 gene, is implicated in adipose tissue biology. Our hypothesis is that common variants in CST3 gene could play a role in the development of corpulence during lifetime. METHODS:Two tag SNPs were selected to capture all SNPs in the CST3 region. We first investigated the assoc...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Hooton H,Dubern B,Henegar C,Paternoster L,Nohr EA,Alili R,Rousseau F,Pelloux V,Galan P,Hercberg S,Arner P,Sørensen TI,Clément K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study assessed if lower than predicted serum leptin concentrations seen during weight loss persisted during weight regain, with possible implications for weight control. METHODS:115 children were investigated during a 12-week weight loss program. 90 children completed the program, and 68 children entere...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Holm JC,Gamborg M,Ward L,Ibsen KK,Gammeltoft S,Sørensen TI,Heitmann BL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity increases cardiovascular risk through effects on blood pressure, lipoproteins, coagulation factors and inflammatory cytokines, but in women variation in fat distribution complicates these relationships. Central (male-type or visceral) obesity confers greater risk than the more generalised (female) ty...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Kwok S,McElduff P,Ashton DW,Lowe GD,Wood D,Humphries SE,Charlton-Menys V,Durrington PN

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As long-term results of conservative treatment for obesity are discouraging, bariatric surgery is becoming a treatment option for extremely obese adolescents. However, mental and behavioral problems need to be respected when treating this vulnerable target group. METHODS:A detailed systematic literature revi...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Herget S,Rudolph A,Hilbert A,Blüher S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, the two most common bariatric procedures are laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB). Long-term data comparing the two interventions in terms of their effect on body composition and bone mass density (BMD) are scarce. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Bühler J,Rast S,Beglinger C,Peterli R,Peters T,Gebhart M,Meyer-Gerspach AC,Wölnerhanssen BK

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Melanocortin 3 and 4 receptors (MC3R and MC4R) are known to play an essential role in hypothalamic weight regulation. In addition to these two G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a huge number of other GPCRs are expressed in hypothalamic regions, and some of them are involved in weight regulation. So far, h...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Rediger A,Tarnow P,Bickenbach A,Schaefer M,Krude H,Gruters A,Biebermann H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bariatric surgery is associated with greater and more sustainable weight loss compared with lifestyle intervention programs. On the other hand, bariatric surgery may also be associated with physical and psychosocial complications. The influence of psychological evaluation on treatment choice, however, is not...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Rønningen R,Wammer ACP,Grabner NH,Valderhaug TG

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The performance of the Cockcroft-Gault (CG) equation, the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula, and the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation (CKD-EPI) was evaluated in body mass index (BMI) categories. MATERIAL AND METHODS:In this retrospective cohort study in diabetic ...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Drion I,Joosten H,Santing L,Logtenberg SJ,Groenier KH,Lieverse AG,Kleefstra N,Bilo HJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of early childhood overweight and obesity in Austria has reached average European levels of 20% in boys and 18% in girls. The rationale and study protocol of SALTO, Salzburg Together against Obesity will be presented, which is aimed to assist adults in increasing the rate of 4- to 6-year-old c...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Ring-Dimitriou S,Freudenthaler T,Aistleitner V,Horvath G,Stallinger J,Dimitriou M,Ardelt-Gattinger E,Weghuber D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a nutritional program, which is characterized by a different modulation of proteins, in adult patients with sarcopenic obesity. METHODS:We studied 18 obese women aged 41-74 years. Obesity was diagnosed as fat mass > 34.8% and sarcopenia was defined when l...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Sammarco R,Marra M,Di Guglielmo ML,Naccarato M,Contaldo F,Poggiogalle E,Donini LM,Pasanisi F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare treatment outcomes of a cognitive-behavioral long-term (CBT-L) and short-term (CBT-S) treatment for binge eating disorder (BED) in a non-randomized comparison and to identify moderators of treatment outcome. METHODS:76 female patients with BED participated in the study: 40 in CBT-L and 36 in CBT-...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Schlup B,Meyer AH,Munsch S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considering the large economic consequences of severe childhood obesity for the society, we aimed to conduct an economic evaluation comparing two intensive 1-year lifestyle treatments with varying inpatient periods for severely obese children and adolescents with regard to standard deviation score BMI (SDS-B...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Makkes S,van Dongen JM,Renders CM,van der Baan-Slootweg OH,Seidell JC,Bosmans JE

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Obesity in children and adolescents is a worldwide dramatic health problem, for which treatment is mostly unsuccessful. Therefore, prevention is the most important measure to tackle this problem. The 'EDDY' study as an interventional cohort study with a 1-year lifestyle intervention aimed to affect the lifes...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Widhalm K,Helk O,Pachinger O

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We tested the hypothesis that the obesity-associated FTO SNP rs9939609 would be associated with clinically significant weight gain (≥ 5% of initial body weight) in the first year of university; a time identified as high risk for weight gain. METHODS:We collected anthropometric data from university students (n = 1,...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Meisel SF,Beeken RJ,van Jaarsveld CH,Wardle J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the effects of endurance training with endurance strength training on the anthropometric, body composition, physical capacity, and circulatory parameters in obese women. METHODS:44 women with abdominal obesity were randomized into groups A and B, and asked to perform endurance (A) and endurance strengt...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Skrypnik D,Bogdański P,Mądry E,Karolkiewicz J,Ratajczak M,Kryściak J,Pupek-Musialik D,Walkowiak J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to investigate differences in weight perception and self-concept of obese and lean children, and to examine parents' awareness of overweight in themselves and their children. A total of 59 obese patients aged 7-17 years and 49 of their parents from a pediatric obesity out-pati...

journal_title：Obesity facts

authors： Rudolph H,Blüher S,Falkenberg C,Neef M,Körner A,Würz J,Kiess W,Brähler E

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00