ALLMedicine™ Obesity Center

Sep 15th, 2021 - The medical application of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists is ever-growing in scope, highlighting the urgent need for a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms through which GLP-1R activation impacts physiology and behavio...

Sep 15th, 2021 - Food environments are directly linked to diets and health outcomes such as overweight, obesity, and noncommunicable diseases. The digitalization of food environments is becoming a central issue in public health, yet little is known about this emer...

Sep 15th, 2021 - There is no clear conclusion on the relationship between thyroid disease and obesity and lifestyle factors such as smoking and drinking. In this study, we analysed the association of body mass index (BMI), smoking and drinking with subclinical hyp...

Sep 15th, 2021 - Both low appendicular skeletal muscle index (ASMI) and specific abdominal fat composition [i.e., increased visceral to subcutaneous (V/S) fat ratio] have been associated with cardiovascular events. However, the combined impact of these 2 component...

Sep 15th, 2021 - Obesity and overweight are important public health problems. Mindfulness can promote healthier living and dietary habits, which might support weight loss. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between eating awareness and body mass index (...

May 21st, 2021 - Obstetrician-gynecologists are the leading experts in the health care of women, and obesity is the most common medical condition in women of reproductive age. Obesity in women is such a common condition that the implications relative to pregnancy ...

Apr 22nd, 2021 - The very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) has been recently proposed as an appealing nutritional strategy for obesity management. The VLCKD is characterized by a low carbohydrate content (<50 g/day), 1-1.5 g of protein/kg of ideal body weight, 1...

Apr 10th, 2021 - Intragastric Balloons in the Management of Obesity: Clinical Decision Support Tool.|2021| ,|standards,adverse effects,standards,standards,diagnosis,physiopathology,therapy,

Apr 10th, 2021 - AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on Intragastric Balloons in the Management of Obesity.|2021|Muniraj T,Day LW,Teigen LM,Ho EY,Sultan S,|standards,adverse effects,standards,standards,diagnosis,physiopathology,therapy,

Apr 10th, 2021 - Several strategies are available to address the obesity epidemic and range from noninvasive lifestyle interventions to medications and bariatric surgical procedures. Endoscopic bariatric techniques, such as intragastric balloons, have become an at...

Sep 10th, 2021 - The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has identified Egypt as the ninth leading country in the world for the number of patients with T2D. The prevalence of T2D in Egypt was almost tripled over the last 2 decades. This sharp rise could be att...

Sep 9th, 2021 - Obesity is a chronic, progressive, and severe disease that compromises growth, development, and the general health and well-being of children, adolescents, and adults all around the globe. Current treatment within this field varies considerably, b...

Sep 9th, 2021 - Background: As the obesity epidemic continues to rise, it is expected that rates of T2DM and GDM will be also increasing among women in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Women of reproductive age are a particularly vulnerable group, and there is a need fo...

Sep 9th, 2021 - Is post-bariatric body contouring surgery prevent weight regain or no, and what is the effect on the patient's Metabolism? Few literature studies report body contouring surgery to be positively associated with maintained weight loss after obesity ...

Sep 8th, 2021 - The incidence of obesity and diabetes is rising worldwide even in younger populations. With a rise in maternal obesity also gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) becomes more prevalent with a prevalence of up to 18% of pregnancies. Up to now, SMBG (...

Jul 21st, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The Obesity Society — the leading American organization of experts devoted to understanding and treating obesity — is urging all people with obesi...

Jul 21st, 2021 - "Purported" weight-loss products — 12 dietary supplements and 2 alternative therapies — lack high-quality evidence to back up claims of efficacy, a systematic review by the Obesity Society reports. Most of the more than 300 published randomized co...

Jul 21st, 2021 - Takeaway A study found a non-linear inverse association between low birth weight (<2.88 kg) and the risk of hypertension. Furthermore, low birth weight and adult obesity (body mass index [BMI], ≥30 kg/m2) had a multiplicative interaction with resp...

Jul 20th, 2021 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. The story of cardiovascular outcomes in diabetes is a fascinating one. There were new developments in the regulatory landscape that really drove the past 10 years of history. If you go way back to the f...

Jul 19th, 2021 - Zev A. Wainberg, MD: Hi, it’s a pleasure to be here at this OncLive® filming. My name is Dr Zev Wainberg from UCLA [the University of California, Los Angeles], and I’m very pleased to be joined here by my good friend and colleague Dr Jaffer Ajani ...