Obesity

Compared to normal-weight children, obese or overweight children demonstrated lower concentrations of asymmetric dimethylarginine, γ-aminobutyric acid, and symmetric dimethylarginine, along with higher concentrations of glutamate, threonine, carnitine, and acetylcarnitine. The underlying biological responses that contribute to the current obesogenic environment in early life remain poorly understood. Despite the worldwide increase in childhood obesity, the pathophysiological...

The factors that independently impair menstrual recovery in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome include total testosterone levels, body mass index, and time since PCOS diagnosis at baseline. Menstruation recovery is a useful indicator of treatment effectiveness in women diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This clinical trial investigated the predictive factors of menstrual recovery...

An increase in the number of chews and duration of chewing of carbohydrates leads to an improvement in glucose metabolism and weight loss in female patients with obesity. Nutritional interventions, including maintenance of nutritional balance, adjustment of energy consumption, and masticatory guidance, are integral to treating and preventing obesity. This randomized controlled trial assessed the...

Telehealth programs for long-term weight-loss maintenance have a differential impact on African Americans versus White adults. Extended-care interventions after the end of initial weight-loss programs improve weight-loss maintenance. However, whether these interventions are equally effective for African American (AA) and White participants is unclear. A study in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine examined the effectiveness...

A responsive parenting intervention for at-risk infants via integrated behavioral health in primary care is feasible and may be effective for obesity prevention. Infant obesity prevalence has increased by more than 60% in the last few decades. Obese infants are nine times more likely to have obesity later in childhood and in adulthood. It is...

Black adolescent females with obesity may be vulnerable to racially targeted food marketing. Unhealthy food advertisements disproportionately target black youth and contribute to poor diets and obesity. Those with food-related attentional biases (ABs), who over-attend to food cues, may be especially vulnerable. Although research has shown a negative impact of unhealthy food advertisements on children,...

The KENPO-app for specific health guidance is feasible and effective in inducing significant weight loss in Japanese adults with obesity and hypertension. Numerous smartphone apps are available for self-monitoring weight loss. Currently, no mobile applications provide specific health guidance (SHG) for preventing metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. A randomized controlled pilot study...

However, weight loss by 12 months was not significantly different for time-restricted eating, calorie restriction. Time-restricted eating (TRE) is more effective for weight loss than control, but is no more effective than calorie restriction (CR), according to a study published online June 27 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Shuhao Lin, a registered dietician from the...

This review reveals significant associations between obesity and liver, prostate, breast, and colorectal cancers. Obesity has become a major public health issue over the last few decades. It has been associated with multiple metabolic syndromes and an increased risk of malignancies. Moreover, growing evidence shows that weight loss may lower the risk of developing cancer....