Handheld Electronic Technology for Weight Loss in Overweight/Obese Adults [0.03%]
手持式电子技术在成人超重和肥胖人群减肥中的应用
Michelle C Carter,V J Burley,J E Cade
Michelle C Carter
Handheld electronic devices could offer a convenient and scalable platform with which to deliver a weight loss intervention. This paper aims to summarise the evidence provided by randomised trials of such interventions. There is heterogenei...
Katherine S O&#x;Neal,Kimberly M Crosby
Katherine S O&#x;Neal
Obesity rates have increased over the last two decades. Based on NHANES data, 68.8 % of US adults are classified as overweight or obese. Obesity increases the risk of diseases and can contribute to increased morbidity and mortality. This re...
Obesity as a Disease [0.03%]
肥胖作为一种疾病
Michael A Via,Jeffrey I Mechanick
Michael A Via
In recent years, obesity and related medical conditions have become leading public health concerns worldwide. Policy measures to combat or prevent obesity have been instated in a number of countries, with varying degrees of success. To stre...
The BMI: Is It Time to Scratch for a More Accurate Assessment of Metabolic Dysfunction? [0.03%]
BMI：是否应当用更精确的代谢功能评估方法来取代它？
E Charles Moore,Walter J Pories
E Charles Moore
The body mass index (BMI = Kg/M(2)) is not a valid measure for clinical decisions, especially whether a patient will benefit from bariatric surgery. The measure, as used, discriminates against the muscular, the aged, women, and racial group...
Food Classification Systems Based on Food Processing: Significance and Implications for Policies and Actions: A Systematic Literature Review and Assessment [0.03%]
基于食品加工的食品分类系统：对政策和行动的意义及影响：系统文献回顾与评估
Jean-Claude Moubarac,Diana C Parra,Geoffrey Cannon et al.
Jean-Claude Moubarac et al.
This paper is the first to make a systematic review and assessment of the literature that attempts methodically to incorporate food processing into classification of diets. The review identified 1276 papers, of which 110 were screened and 2...
Rekha B Kumar,Louis J Aronne
Rekha B Kumar
With increasing awareness of the obesity epidemic have come research efforts to understand the pathophysiology of body weight and appetite regulation. Clinical trials of diet-induced weight loss demonstrate the difficulty of achieving long ...
Worksite Environmental Interventions for Obesity Prevention and Control: Evidence from Group Randomized Trials [0.03%]
来自分组随机试验的关于工作场所环境干预在肥胖预防和控制方面的证据
Isabel Diana Fernandez,Adan Becerra,Nancy P Chin
Isabel Diana Fernandez
Worksites provide multiple advantages to prevent and treat obesity and to test environmental interventions to tackle its multiple causal factors. We present a literature review of group-randomized and non-randomized trials that tested works...
Obesity Interventions in the Community : Engaged and Participatory Approaches [0.03%]
社区肥胖干预：参与式策略与方法学研究
Christina Economos,Stacy Blondin
Christina Economos
Obesity is a pervasive global public health concern of utmost priority. Effective and efficient interventions are urgently needed to reverse current trends, especially among children. The past decade has witnessed increasing adoption and im...
Takemi Sugiyama,Mohammad Javad Koohsari,Suzanne Mavoa et al.
Takemi Sugiyama et al.
Physically-active and sedentary behaviors are determinants of adult weight gain and are associated with built-environment attributes. We reviewed recent evidence on built-environment attributes with adult adiposity. Of 41 relevant papers id...
Juliana Kain,Sonia Hernández Cordero,Diana Pineda et al.
Juliana Kain et al.
In Latin American countries, obesity prevalence has increased significantly as a result of rapid urbanization and an improvement in socioeconomic conditions. We report the prevalence of overweight and/or obesity and prevention efforts in fi...