What You Need to Know About the Interactions of Obesity & COVID-19
Even as we continue to grapple with the pandemic’s massive challenges, it’s clear that the...
Obesity
Challenges faced by people with epilepsy on ketogenic diet therapy and their caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.
Although ketogenic diet therapy (KDT) is a well-established, nonpharmacologic therapeutic option for patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy, its availability is still not widespread. The COVID-19 pandemic may have further...
Early-life gut microbiota and its connection to metabolic health in children: Perspective on ecological drivers and need for quantitative approach.
The colonisation and development of the gut microbiota has been implicated in paediatric metabolic disorders via its powerful effect on host metabolic and immune homeostasis. Here we summarise the evidence from human studies on...
Tamarind Multifunctional Protein: Safety and Anti-Inflammatory Potential in Intestinal Mucosa and Adipose Tissue in a Preclinical Model of Diet-Induced Obesity.
Obesity has emerged as one of the main public health problems. This condition triggers a series of hormonal and metabolic changes related to a low-grade chronic inflammatory condition. The trypsin inhibitor purified from...
A Quality Improvement Initiative for Improving Care for Childhood Obesity
A quality improvement initiative helped pediatric practice sustain improvement in adherence to...
Overcoming Barriers: The Social Determinants of Urban Obesity
Like many diseases, obesity is the result of interlocking causes that vary with each patient....
The Effects of Obesity on Resting Oxygen Uptake in Adolescents
“In adults, obesity is associated with increased oxygen cost of breathing, and weight loss is...
A Pragmatic Family-Centered Approach to Childhood Obesity Treatment: What Do Children & Parents Want?
Family-based weight-management programs (WMPs) are increasingly being used to provide...
From the OMA – Three Common Myths About Obesity: What Clinicians Need to Know
A large, new study from the CDC has confirmed that obesity significantly increases the risk for...
Mother-Infant Dyads with COVID-19 at an Urban, Safety-Net Hospital: Clinical Manifestations and Birth Outcomes.
This study aimed to describe maternal characteristics and clinical outcomes of infants born to mothers with positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) tests during pregnancy at an urban, safety-net...
Childhood Overweight, Obesity & the Physical Activity Environment
Childhood obesity affects more than 18% of children in the United States and continues to be a...
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...
