Gary G Kay,David McLaughlin
Gary G Kay
Obesity, which has become epidemic throughout many parts of the world, is known to be a risk factor for a range of diseases including hypertension, diabetes, and vascular disease. Based on this review, it also appears that obesity is associ...
Mary Forhan
Mary Forhan
This scoping review aims to explore the contributions of rehabilitation interventions and programs to the management of obesity. Studies and review papers describing weight management for patients in rehabilitation programs were identified....
Tracey L Bridger,Anne Wareham
Tracey L Bridger
Pediatric obesity treatment has traditionally focused on body mass index (BMI) and has had limited success. Recent research has suggested new ways to approach this topic that focuses more on holistic measures of health and inclusion of a la...
Michael Laffin,Shahzeer Karmali
Michael Laffin
Obesity is a serious problem facing patients and healthcare providers around the globe. Bariatric surgery has been an increasingly popular choice in the management of obesity, and the last five years have seen an enormous amount of research...
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 ...