Obesity
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VIDEO: Telehealth program provides weight management support to rural clinics
Telehealth programs can deliver weight management practice support to rural health care providers and patients.
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Adolescent obesity rose slightly, again
Nearly one in five children and adolescents are obese, and rates of adolescent obesity have risen during every time period measured since 1994.
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Obesity continues to trend up among women over the past decade
Obesity rates among women have continued to rise over the past decade, but have leveled off among men.
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Experts endorse metabolic surgery for diabetes intervention
Metabolic surgery should be recommended for obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to an international consensus statement issued...
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Hungry and obese
Dr. William G. Wilkoff discusses the coexistence of hunger and obesity in the United States.
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Obesity paradox extends to TAVR but not SAVR
PARIS – Thirty-day and 1-year mortality rates were lowest in the top BMI quartile of TAVR patients and highest in the bottom BMI quartile.
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Gas-filled gastric balloons achieve weight loss
A system that utilizes gas-filled gastric balloons helped obese people lose almost twice as much weight, compared with lifestyle modifications.
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Metabolic factors associated with pancreatic NETs
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Obesity is diverticula risk factor in women, not men
Obesity is associated with diverticula in women, not men, and a low-fiber diet is not a risk factor.
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Beloranib reduces weight in Prader-Willi syndrome, but concerns remain
Key clinical point: Beloranib produces significant weight loss in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome, but concerns have arisen about associated...
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Family’s psychosocial problems complicate pediatric obesity
Key clinical point: Parents of children who came to a tertiary-care pediatric obesity clinic showed a relatively high prevalence of psychosocial...