Morbid obesity
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity: The Future of Bariatric Surgery?
... Acholonu et al (2009) investigated the role of LSG as a revisional approach for failed LAGB in the treatment of morbid obesity. One-step revisional LSG was performed in 13 patients (86.7%), while a two-step ...
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Obesity and morbid obesity associated with higher odds of hypoalbuminemia in adults without liver disease or renal failure
... examine obesity and morbid obesity as independent predic- tors of hypoalbuminemia, data on presence of renal condi- tions and diabetes were ...
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A Multidisciplinary Treatment for Morbid Obesity: Therapeutic Experience with Groups
... around obesity has a protective function, and it takes time to work them in a way that the person may feel psychologically secure to carry other meanings (Sant’Ana, ...of morbid obesity ...
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Reduction of Weight in Morbid Obesity: Medical and Surgical Advance
... of morbid obesity under several indications and achieving considerable weight ...that morbid obesity and the associated co morbidities were successfully managed by LSG with different age ...
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The Sleeve Bypass Trial: a multicentre randomized controlled trial comparing the long term outcome of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass for morbid obesity in terms of excess BMI loss percentage and quality of life
... with morbid obesity with a BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 or BMI 35 kg/m2 with obesity related comorbidity (T2 DM, sleep apnoea, hypertension) are eligible for ...
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Intake of non-nutritive sweeteners is associated with an unhealthy lifestyle: a cross-sectional study in subjects with morbid obesity
... Methods: This cross-sectional study included subjects with morbid obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m 2 or ≥ 35 kg/m 2 with obesity-related comorbidity). Information about demographics, physical and mental ...
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Rasch analysis of the General Self-Efficacy Scale in a sample of persons with morbid obesity
... This study was the first to examine the psychometric properties of the General Self-Efficacy Scale in a sample of persons with morbid obesity using a Rasch analysis approach. The original 10-item version ...
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Leptin receptor gene polymorphisms and morbid obesity in Mexican patients
... towards obesity ([17, 18], ...in obesity; when association be- tween serum lipids and LEP/LEPR gene polymorphisms in obese Japanese children was studied, the rs1805134 SNPs showed a significant relationship ...
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Neuropsychological function in individuals with morbid obesity: a cross-sectional study
... of obesity, measured by body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio, had any associations with cognitive task perform- ance in our study, and found no such ...in morbid obesity class III, BMI ranged from ...
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Treatment of adolescents with morbid obesity with bariatric procedures and anti-obesity pharmacological agents
... Abstract: Adolescent obesity is a growing health concern that can have immense physical and psychological impact. Treatment of morbidly obese adolescents should include a multidisciplinary team to address medical ...
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Melanocortin 4 receptor mutations are a frequent and heterogeneous cause of morbid obesity
... causes obesity in ...of obesity in two ...that obesity-associat- ed defects in MC4-R range from loss of function to constitutive ...MC4-R–associated obesity is not due to variations in genes ...
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Prevalence and predictors of irritable bowel syndrome in patients with morbid obesity: a cross-sectional study
... different obesity centres [8 – ...with morbid obesity, and the dif- ferences in the prevalence rates between centres before surgery are of importance for the evaluation of abdom- inal pain and ...
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Effect of Morbid Obesity on Postoperative Outcomes Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
... with morbid obesity and 100 ...with morbid obesity and one ...with morbid obesity but it did develop in 6 ...with morbid obesity and in 13 ...with morbid ...
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Exenatide Response in an Adolescent’s Morbid Obesity
... Adolescent obesity is a health problem worldwide. Drug therapy for obesity in children is only acceptable if done within the framework of a comprehensive weight loss, prevention of comorbidities, including ...
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Epigenetics dysfunction in morbid obesity with or without obstructive sleep apnoea: the EPIMOOSA study
... and morbid obesity (MO), defined by a body mass index ≥ 35 kg/m 2 , are two closely related ...in Morbid Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (EPIMOOSA) study ...
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The laval questionnaire: a new instrument to measure quality of life in morbid obesity
... eleven obesity-speci- fic quality of life questionnaires, all with incomplete demonstration of their respective measurement proper- ties ...targeted morbid obesity ...
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The effect of morbid obesity (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2) on functional outcome and complication rate following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a case-control study
... that morbid obesity is an independent risk factor for functional outcomes and implant survival after ...technique. Morbid obese patients should be preoperatively informed about poor functional ...
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Evaluation of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy compared with laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for people with morbid obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis
... ria, relevant papers were entered in the final assessment stage and analyzed. The inves- tigated population included people aged between 18–60 years, with BMI≥35 and at least one obesity-related disease, or people ...
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Dominant and recessive inheritance of morbid obesity associated with melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency
... early-onset obesity. In addition to the obesity, it is of note that the majority of affected subjects have tall stature (mean 91st ...Childhood obesity is known to be associated with advanced ...
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Economic considerations for bariatric surgery and morbid obesity
... to obesity, the metabolic syndrome, comprises high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, diabetes or glucose intolerance, respiratory difficulties, cardiovascular difficulties, and an increased ...
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