Childhood Overweight, Obesity & the Physical Activity Environment
Childhood obesity affects more than 18% of children in the United States and continues to be a...
Eating Disorders
Effects of low-carbohydrate diet and ketogenic diet on glucose and lipid metabolism in type 2 diabetic mice.
With the prevalence of diabetes worldwide, it is urgent to find a suitable treatment. Recently, the ketogenic diet has shown beneficial effects in reducing blood glucose, but some concerns have been raised about its probable...
supplementation ameliorates high fat diet-induced oxidative stress in nephrotoxic rats.
Dietary high fat possibly causes oxidative stress; also it makes deleterious effect on kidney functions and land up in lipotoxicity in renal tissue. Lipotoxicity is the pathological situation where lipid Peroxidation occurs and...
Micronutrient supplementation needs more attention in patients with refractory epilepsy under ketogenic diet treatment.
This study evaluated the adequacy of micronutrient intake from the ketogenic diet (KD) with and without micronutrient supplementation according to age in Brazilian children and adolescents with refractory epilepsy undergoing KD...
Dietary anthocyanin-rich extract of açai protects from diet-induced obesity, liver steatosis, and insulin resistance with modulation of gut microbiota in mice.
Açai is a rich source of anthocyanins and has been used as a dietary supplement and as an active pharmaceutical ingredient. Growing evidence indicates that host-microbial interactions played a vital role in the host metabolism....
New Frontiers of Body Composition in Sport.
The body composition phenotype of an athlete displays the complex interaction among genotype, physiological and metabolic demands of a sport, diet, and physical training. Observational studies dominate the literature and...
Circumcision with plastic Alisclamp technique in 4733 boys: Our experiences to reduce complications.
We aim to report the outcomes of circumcisions performed with Alisclamp and our experiences to reduce the complications. Materia and methods: Complications among circumcised males with Alisclamp between 2015 and 2018 were...
High-fat, high-fructose diet lowers digesta weight and SCFA levels in cecal digesta (in vivo study in rats).
This study aimed to analyze the effect of a high-fat and high-fructose diet (HFFD) on the digesta weight and short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) levels of cecaldigesta in rats.This study was an experimental study with a posttest-only...
[Modern approaches to the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction].
The eyelids are a delicate and complex dynamic structure with primary function to protect the eye surface. The term «meibomian gland dysfunction» (MGD) first appeared in the mid-1980s. This lesion is known to result in a...
Prurigo Pigmentosa: Demographics and Characteristics in 14 Caucasian Patients.
Prurigo pigmentosa (PP) is an inflammatory dermatosis typically reported in young Asian women and characterized by recurrent papulovesicular lesions resolving with a postinflammatory reticulated hyperpigmentation.We have...
Modified EUS-guided double-balloon-occluded gastroenterostomy bypass (M-EPASS): a pilot study.
Introduction We recently developed a double balloon device (DBD), using widely available existing technology, to facilitate EUS-gastroenterostomy. Our aim is to assess the feasibility of this modified approach to EUS-guided...
Health literacy as a determinant of childhood and adult obesity: a systematic review.
To assess whether Health Literacy (HL) acts as a determinant of obesity in adults and children by synthesizing the results of recent scientific evidence.This is a systematic qualitative review following the MOOSE guidelines. A...
