Food intake and weight loss of surviving inpatients in the course of COVID-19 infection: A longitudinal study of the mul...
...Published in Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
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Influence of dynamic preoperative body mass index changes on patient-reported outcomes after surgery for degenerative lu...
Published in Neurosurgical review
Psychological factors demonstrably and often massively influence outcomes of degenerative spine surgery, and one could hypothesize that preoperative weight loss may correlate with motivation and lifestyle adjustment, thus leading to potentially enhanced outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the effect of preoperative weight loss or gain, respectively, on ...
A weight-loss Mediterranean diet/lifestyle intervention ameliorates inflammation and oxidative stress in patients with o...
Published in European journal of nutrition
Inflammation and oxidative stress are implicated in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) pathophysiology. We aimed at exploring whether the combination of a weight-loss Mediterranean diet/lifestyle intervention with OSA standard care, i.e., continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) prescription, can lead to greater improvements in inflammation and oxidat...
A Study Examining the Orbera365 Intragastric Balloon Safety and Effects on Weight Loss
Published in Obesity Surgery
Introduction The Orbera365 is a new balloon that can stay in the stomach for up to 12 months. The aim of this study is to investigate the safety and effect of Orbera365. Method Prospective study on our initial experience with a consecutive group of patients who underwent the insertion of Orbera365 in the period between September 2019 and August 202...
Left gastric artery embolization for obesity treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of human and animal studie...
Published in Abdominal radiology (New York)
The main purpose of this systematic review was to reflect on recent literature on bariatric LGA embolization for obesity treatment and to compare this new procedure in human and animal studies. A systematic search of Scopus, MEDLINE, Web of Science, Embase, and Google Scholar was performed to identify human and animal studies employing bariatric LG...
Weight loss dynamics following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. An analysis of 10-year follow-up data.
Published in Surgical endoscopy
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) still remains the gold-standard bariatric procedure. Short-term weight loss and improvement of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) after LRYGB are well-documented. Little data are available on long-term weight loss and continued remission of DM2 in these patients. This study reports on weight loss and remiss...
Barriers to and facilitators for addressing overweight and obesity before conception: A qualitative study.
Published in Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
Obesity is a significant global health issue, especially for reproductive-aged women. Women who enter pregnancy overweight or obese are at increased risk of a range of adverse reproductive, maternal, and child health outcomes. The preconception period has been recognised as a critical time to intervene to improve health outcomes for women and their...
Bariatric surgery-induced weight loss reduces B cell activating cytokines and IgG immunoglobulins related to autoimmunit...
Published in Surgical endoscopy
Obesity is associated with a chronic inflammatory state and autoimmune diseases, but little is known about the role of B cells in this context and the changes in B cell activation factors during obesity and after weight loss. To test whether bariatric-surgery-induced weight loss ameliorates the systemic inflammatory state associated with B cell act...
Improved fatty acid profile reduces body fat and arterial stiffness in obese adolescents upon combinatorial intervention...
Published in Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness
Objective In order to examine the effect of 4-week combinatorial intervention with exercise training and dietary restriction on serum fatty acids, and to explore the correlation of intervention-induced improvement of serum fatty acid profile with the reduction of body fat and arterial stiffness. Methods Thirty-three obese adolescents were randomize...
Implementation of a community-based low-calorie dietary intervention for the induction of type-2 diabetes and pre-diabet...
Published in Implementation Science Communications
Objectives The aims of this feasibility study were to (1) examine the implementation of a community-based health advocate (CHA) training programme to develop the clinical skills needed to support a diabetes remission protocol based on a low-calorie diet (LCD) and (2) investigate if participant weight loss can be achieved and diabetes remission indu...
