Obesity
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High BMI appears to cause gallstones
Major finding: In the overall cohort, the risk of symptomatic gallstone disease was increased 7% for every 1-kg/m2 increase in BMI, and in the...
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Medicare may scrap certification for bariatric surgery centers
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Two meals per day better than six in T2DM
Major finding: The mean change in BMI at 12 weeks with two meals was –1.23 kg/m2 vs.
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Disability, not death, colors Americans' health
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Workplace wellness programs: Helpful or burdensome?
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Bariatric surgery less efficacious in blacks
Major finding: Black patients had a smaller decline in the mean body mass index (–30%), compared with whites (–34%), and Hispanics (–32%).
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Gastric bypass helps poorly controlled type 2 diabetes
Major finding: Patients with mild to moderate obesity and type 2 diabetes who undergo bariatric surgery are much more likely to achieve weight-...
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Risk factors for death in NAFLD patients remain elusive
Major finding: Age, male sex, truncal obesity, and a low HDL level are risk factors for death in patients with NAFLD, but are common to other...
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Exhaled VOC concentrations provide childhood obesity clues
Major finding: Concentrations of four VOCs were significantly higher in the overweight/obese vs. nonobese children after adjustment for age,...