Comprehensive Overview - Outcomes and Challenges of Bariatric Surgery - Physical, Psychological and Nutritional Considerations by Katarzyna Doman, Dawid Komada, Kamil Hermanowicz, Daria Oleksy, Agnieszka Najdek, Urszula Kaczmarska, Aleksandra Woźniak, Marcin Mycyk, Julia Nowak, Michał Jakub Cioch

“… Obesity, defined by excessive and abnormal body fat accumulation, leads to various health conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers, significantly affecting the health and increasing the risk of mortality. …”
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FTO rs9939609 Does Not Interact with Physical Exercise but Influences Basal Insulin Metabolism in Brazilian Overweight and Obese Adolescents by Gabrielle Araujo do Nascimento, Neiva Leite, Lupe Furtado-Alle, Mayza Dalcin Teixeira, Ricardo Lehtonen Rodrigues de Souza, Gerusa Eisfeld Milano, Larissa Rosa da Silva, Juliana Pizzi, Wendell Arthur Lopes, Maria de Fátima Aguiar Lopes, Ana Cláudia Kapp Titski, Luciane Viater Tureck

“…The rs9939609 SNP (T > A) in FTO gene is associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. The present study aimed at verifying whether this SNP influenced biochemical outcomes of children and adolescents who are overweight/obese submitted to a program of physical exercise and also if there was influence on basal levels of these biochemical variables. …”
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Latinx and White Adolescents’ Preferences for Latinx-Targeted Celebrity and Noncelebrity Food Advertisements: Experimental Survey Study by Marie A Bragg, Samina Lutfeali, Daniela Godoy Gabler, Diego A Quintana Licona, Jennifer L Harris

“…These findings suggest an urgent need to reduce celebrity endorsements in ethnically targeted advertisements that promote unhealthy food products to communities disproportionately affected by obesity and diabetes. The food industry limits food advertising to children ages 12 years and younger, but industry self-regulatory efforts and policies should expand to include adolescents and address disproportionate marketing of unhealthy food to Latinx youth and celebrity endorsements of unhealthy products.…”
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Somatic comorbidities and health related uncertainty among Swedish adolescents with ADHD by Sara Lundqvist, Sara Lundqvist, Sara Röjås, Kourosh Bador, Maria Råstam, Nóra Kerekes, Nóra Kerekes

“…Notably, adolescents with ADHD reported significantly higher rates of uncertainty regarding the existence of diabetes, rheumatoid diseases, asthma (with negligible effect sizes), and thyroid diseases (with a small effect size) than those without any psychiatric diagnoses, suggesting heightened health related anxiety within this group.ConclusionsAdolescents with ADHD reported more somatic comorbidities and greater uncertainty about the potential presence of additional somatic conditions compared to adolescents without psychiatric diagnoses. …”
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Differences between private and public primary health care centers and differences between men and women in antihypertensive care and cardiovascular prevention in all patients with... by Per Wändell, Anders Norrman, Julia Eriksson, Charlotte Ivarsson, Hrafnhildur Gudjonsdottir, Maria Hagströmer, Lena Lundh, Jan Hasselström, Boel Brynedal, Christina Sandlund, Axel C. Carlsson

“…Differences in comorbidities between men and women were found, with higher frequencies of coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, stroke, diabetes, and gout among men. Regarding antihypertensive treatment, women received less treatment of calcium channel blockers and ACE inhibitors, but more of angiotensin receptor blockers. …”
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Characteristics of the First Italian Older Adults Vaccinated with an Adjuvanted Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine by Alexander Domnich, Andrea Orsi, Piero Luigi Lai, Elvira Massaro, Carlo-Simone Trombetta, Julieta Pastorino, Charlott Roihl, Marianna Pianta, Giancarlo Icardi, Donatella Panatto

“…Nine of ten (89.2%) individuals had ≥1 co-morbidity, of which cardiovascular conditions (70.4%), respiratory diseases (27.6%) and diabetes (18.5%) were the most common. Uptake of the routine vaccines was high: 91.2% and 98.7% received the 2023/2024 season influenza and ≥2 COVID-19 vaccines, respectively. …”
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The global, regional, and national patterns of change in the burden of bacterial pyoderma from 1990 to 2019 and the forecast for the next decade by Hao Wang, Zihao Bai, Chong Shen, Jiaxi Kou, Yanqing Zhu, Huaxia Xie, Chen Chen, Ran Mo

“…It affects both children and adults, including those with conditions like diabetes. Despite its significant impact and economic burden, research on its global epidemiology is limited. …”
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Relationship between albumin-corrected anion gap and lumbar spine bone mineral density: a cross-sectional study by Aiguo Liu, Aiguo Liu, Ting Ying, Shuang Deng, Chenxu Wang, Chenxu Wang, Ziwen Zhao, Sitong Zhang, Han Xiao, Chengqing Yi, Dejian Li

“…Demographic and clinical characteristics were analyzed, including age, sex, education level, body mass index (BMI), and prevalence of diabetes and hypertension. The association between ACAG and lumbar spine BMD was evaluated using multiple regression models, and a generalized additive model was employed to identify potential nonlinear relationships.ResultsThe analysis revealed a significant negative correlation between ACAG and lumbar spine BMD (P < 0.001). …”
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Neuropsychiatric adverse events associated with Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists: a pharmacovigilance analysis of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System database by Wenchao Lu, Shihan Wang, Huilin Tang, Tao Yuan, Wei Zuo, Yuling Liu

“…We conducted descriptive and time-to-onset (TTO) analyses and explored neuropsychiatric AE signals among individual GLP-1RAs for weight loss and diabetes mellitus (DM) indications. Results We identified 25,110 cases of GLP-1RA-related neuropsychiatric AEs. …”
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Improving the integrity and reproducibility of research that uses antibodies: a technical, data sharing, behavioral and policy challenge by M. Biddle, P. Stylianou, M. Rekas, A. Wright, J. Sousa, D. Ruddy, M. I. Stefana, K. Kmiecik, A. Bandrowski, R.A. Kahn, C. Laflamme, E. M. Krockow, H.S. Virk

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Estimation of Apolipoprotein A1, Haptoglobin and Alpha 2macroglobulin with some Biochemical Metabolic Markers in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Iraqi Patients by hiba abid Al-hussein hassan, Dawood Salman Dawood, Raghad Jawad Hussein

“…The study found that obesity (70%) and dyslipidemia (50%) are more common in NAFLD patients than another metabolic disease such as hypertension (20%) and diabetes mellitus (type 1 and 2) (3% and 30%) respectively. …”
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Follistatin-Like 1: A Potential Mediator of Inflammation in Obesity by Nengguang Fan, Haiyan Sun, Yufan Wang, Yifei Wang, Lijuan Zhang, Zhenhua Xia, Liang Peng, Yanqiang Hou, Weiqin Shen, Rui Liu, Jiajing Yin, Yongde Peng

“…Obesity is associated with a state of chronic low-grade inflammation, which contributes to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, the molecular mechanisms that link obesity to inflammation are not fully understood. …”
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Prolonged pain-to-balloon time still impairs midterm left ventricular function following STEMI by Dominik Felbel, Sabrina Fackler, Rachel Michalke, Michael Paukovitsch, Matthias Gröger, Mirjam Keßler, Nicoleta Nita, Yannick Teumer, Leonhard Schneider, Armin Imhof, Dominik Buckert, Wolfgang Rottbauer, Sinisa Markovic

“…Mean age was 63 ± 12 years, 75% were male, 14% had diabetes, 72% had arterial hypertension, and 56% had history of smoking. …”
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Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Factors in Lubumbashi City, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Jacques Mbaz Musung, Placide Kambola Kakoma, Clarence Kaut Mukeng, Stéphane Lubamba Tshimanga, Jeef Paul Munkemena Banze, Nathalie Kayomb Kaj, Martin Kazadi Kamuna, Jimmy Kasali Mwamba, Dophra Ngoy Nkulu, Philippe Bianga Katchunga, Olivier Mukuku, Emmanuel Kiyana Muyumba

“…After logistic regression, the risk of hypertension increased with age >50 years (aOR = 5.85 [5.19–6.60]), overweight (aOR = 1.25 [1.11–1.41]), obesity (aOR = 1.25 [1.11–1.41]), central obesity (aOR = 1.37 [1.16–1.61]), diabetes mellitus (aOR = 2.19 [1.63–2.95]), alcohol consumption (aOR = 1.21 [1.05–1.39]), nonconsumption of vegetables (aOR = 1.35 [1.02–1.80]), and history of stroke (aOR = 2.57 [1.88–3.51]). …”
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Pulse Pressure Relationships with Demographics and Kidney Function in Ashanti, Ghana by Debasish Banerjee, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Nihil Chitalia, Kwabena Kumi, Frank B. Micah, Francesco P. Cappuccio, John B. Eastwood

“…The demographic and clinical characteristics were: age 55(11) [mean (SD)] years, females 62%, rural village-dwellers 52%, diabetes 1·5%, BMI 21(4) kg/m2, 24-hourCrCl as a measure of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) 84(23) ml/min/1.73 m2. 29% had BP >140/90 mmHg; SBP and DBP were 125/74(26/14) mmHg, PP was 51(17) mmHg. …”
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Resultados da Intervenção Coronariana Percutânea Recomendada pelas Diretrizes em Mulheres com Doença Arterial Coronariana Obstrutiva: um Estudo de Coorte Longitudinal by Tacianne Rolemberg Braga Delamain, José Henrique Herrmann Delamain, Sergio Luiz Navarro Braga, Ricardo Costa, Dimytri Alexandre Alvim de Siqueira, Fausto Feres, Marinella Patrizia Centemero

“…Os fatores de risco foram frequentes (hipertensão: 88%, dislipidemia: 85%, diabetes: 47,5%) e 69% foram internadas devido à SCA. …”
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It is time to tackle psychological determinants of obesity and eating disorders by Pietro Crescenzo

“…Obesity and overweight constitute an important source of morbidity, impaired quality of life and mortality, as they are associated with several cancers, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases [5]. The worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly doubled between 1980 and 2008. …”
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UPLC-ESI-MS/MS Profile and Antioxidant, Cytotoxic, Antidiabetic, and Antiobesity Activities of the Aqueous Extracts of Three Different Hibiscus Species by Hanan M. Al-Yousef, Wafaa H. B. Hassan, Sahar Abdelaziz, Musarat Amina, Rasha Adel, May A. El-Sayed

“…It might be a natural alternative remedy and nutritional policy for diabetes and obesity treatment without negative side effects. …”
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The role of the estimated glomerular filtration rate and body roundness index in the risk assessment of uric acid-lowering therapy-resistant gout in U.S. adults: evidence from the... by Mengyuan Zhu, Xingqiang Wang, Zining Peng, Weitian Yan, Qian Deng, Meihui Li, Nian Liu, Ling Zhang

“…We explored the relationships of the eGFR, BRI, and VAI with UALT-RG risk via univariable and multivariable weighted logistic regression, trend analysis, and restricted cubic splines.Results Among the 1,811 patients with gout, ∼9.08% had UALT-RG; these patients were more likely to have obesity, comorbid diabetes (36% [27–47%] vs. 25% [22–28%]) or impaired kidney function (eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, 34.5% [27–43%] vs. 22.5% [20–26%]); be former smokers; and take colchicine (10% [5.6–19%] vs. 4.3% [2.8–6.7%]). …”
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Long-Lasting Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Human Microfragmented Adipose Tissue by Sara Nava, Valeria Sordi, Luisa Pascucci, Carlo Tremolada, Emilio Ciusani, Offer Zeira, Moris Cadei, Gianni Soldati, Augusto Pessina, Eugenio Parati, Mark Slevin, Giulio Alessandri

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