Association of Serum Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase and Ferritin with the Metabolic Syndrome by Dong Wei, Tao Chen, Jie Li, Yun Gao, Yan Ren, Xiangxun Zhang, Hongling Yu, Haoming Tian

“…Furthermore, the increased risk of having each of the metabolic syndrome components (overweight or obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, hypertension, hyperglycemia, and insulin resistance) was also observed in those subjects after adjustment for possible confounders (p < 0.05). …”
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An Analysis of Behaviour Change Techniques Used in a Sample of Gestational Weight Management Trials by H. Soltani, M. A. Arden, A. M. S. Duxbury, F. J. Fair

“…Introduction. Maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain are associated with multiple adverse outcomes. …”
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Muscular Dystrophies at Different Ages: Metabolic and Endocrine Alterations by Oriana del Rocío Cruz Guzmán, Ana Laura Chávez García, Maricela Rodríguez-Cruz

“…Two of the most important metabolic alterations in muscular dystrophies may be insulin resistance and obesity. However, only insulin resistance has been demonstrated in myotonic dystrophy. …”
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Are There Differences in the Anthropometric, Hemodynamic, Hematologic, and Biochemical Profiles between Late- and Early-Onset Preeclampsia? by Márcia Aires Rodrigues de Freitas, Alice Vieira da Costa, Luciana Alves de Medeiros, Mario da Silva Garrote Filho, Angélica Lemos Debs Diniz, Nilson Penha-Silva

“…Pregnant women with LOPE presented greater weight gain and borderline increase in body mass index at the end of gestation in relation to the other groups, which is compatible with the metabolic origin, associated with obesity, attributed to this form of the disease. Pregnant women with EOPE presented a borderline reduction in the number of erythrocytes and a significant decrease in the number of platelets, in addition to a significant increase in reticulocytes, serum iron, and ferritin when compared to normotensive pregnant women and pregnant women with LOPE. …”
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Population-Based Studies on the Epidemiology of Insulin Resistance in Children by M. P. van der Aa, S. Fazeli Farsani, C. A. J. Knibbe, A. de Boer, M. M. J. van der Vorst

“…In view of the alarming incidence of obesity in children, insight into the epidemiology of the prediabetic state insulin resistance (IR) seems important. …”
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Clinical, Socioeconomic, and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Blood Pressure Control and Adherence: Results from a Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular National Program Providing U... by Daniela Sandoval, Carolina Nazzal, Tomás Romero

“…Association of education, income, diabetes, obesity, physical activity, psychosocial characteristics, smoking, and alcohol abuse with BP control and adherence were evaluated by multivariate logistic regression. …”
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Gut–brain axis and neuropsychiatric health: recent advances by Ceymi Doenyas, Gerard Clarke, Renáta Cserjési

“…There is also evidence that the gut–brain axis plays a role in obesity and machine learning algorithms may assist in differentiating between obese and overweight individuals based on their microbiota data. …”
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Socio-epidemiological Variables of Female Infertility in Camagüey Province by Rolando Rodríguez Puga, Yoánderson Pérez Díaz, Nurys Vázquez Rodríguez, Yanira González Ronquillo

“…A high percentage had university studies (45.4 %) and pre-university studies (24.3 %), the consumption of coffee (24.0 %) and tobacco (14.5 %) predominated as toxic habits; as well as sexually transmitted diseases (24.7 %) and the use of contraception (21.1 %). Obesity (13.5 %) turned out to be the main personal history. …”
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Relative Fat Mass, A Better Predictor of Erectile Dysfunction: Insights From the NHANES 2001–2004 by BoWen Yang, HanYu Wang, Luyi Tang, JiuHuan Feng, ShuFang Hou

“…Obesity is a significant factor contributing to erectile dysfunction (ED). …”
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Effects of natural products on macrophage immunometabolism: A new frontier in the treatment of metabolic diseases by Jiani Li, Chen Guo, Xiaofei Yang, Weinan Xie, Wenjing Mi, Chenglong Hua, Cheng Tang, Han Wang

“…Dysregulation of macrophage immunometabolism has been closely implicated in several metabolic diseases, including obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), hypertension, atherosclerosis, and gout, which positions macrophages as potential therapeutic targets. …”
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Ultrasound-Guided Multiple Peripheral Nerve Blocks in a Superobese Patient by Alper Kilicaslan, Ahmet Topal, Atilla Erol, Hale Borazan, Onur Bilge, Seref Otelcioglu

“…The number of obese patients has increased dramatically worldwide. …”
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Combating Osteoarthritis through Stem Cell Therapies by Rejuvenating Cartilage: A Review by Navneet Kumar Dubey, Viraj Krishna Mishra, Rajni Dubey, Shabbir Syed-Abdul, Joseph R. Wang, Peter D. Wang, Win-Ping Deng

“…Not only aging-associated alterations but also the metabolic factors such as hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and obesity affect articular tissues and may initiate or exacerbate the OA. …”
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Hypertension, an Emerging Problem in Rural Cameroon: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Control by Walters Tabi Arrey, Christian Akem Dimala, Julius Atashili, Josephine Mbuagbaw, Gottlieb Lobe Monekosso

“…Only 21.2% (95% CI: 12.1–33.3) of known hypertensives had a well controlled BP. Age, obesity, low educational status, and being married were associated with HTN after adjusting for confounders. …”
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Concentrations of Selected Adipokines, Interleukin-6, and Vitamin D in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Respect to Thyroid Cancer Stages by Jakub Warakomski, Ewa Romuk, Barbara Jarząb, Jolanta Krajewska, Lucyna Siemińska

“…The relationships between thyroid cancer and obesity are not fully understood. Adipokines, proinflammatory cytokines, and vitamin D may mediate these associations. …”
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Consumption of a High-Fat Diet Alters Perineuronal Nets in the Prefrontal Cortex by P. M. Dingess, J. H. Harkness, M. Slaker, Z. Zhang, S. S. Wulff, B. A. Sorg, T. E. Brown

“…A key factor in the development of obesity is the overconsumption of fatty foods, which, in addition to facilitating weight gain, alters neuronal structures within brain reward circuitry. …”
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Endogenous Cushing’s Syndrome with Precocious Puberty in an 8-Year-Old Boy due to a Large Unilateral Adrenal Adenoma by Muhammad Rajib Hossain, Md. Mashiul Alam, Junaid Nabi, Mahzabin Kibria

“…We report the case of a boy with Cushing’s syndrome who presented with obesity and growth retardation. The child was hypertensive. …”
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Impact of maternal high‐fat diet on offspring gut microbiota during short‐term high‐fat diet exposure in mice by Henry A. Paz, Lasya Buddha, Ying Zhong, James D. Sikes, Umesh D. Wankhade

“…Abstract Alterations in the gut microbiome have been linked to obesity, with maternal high‐fat diet (HF) playing a role in shaping offspring microbiome composition. …”
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Adaptation of the sulfophosphovanillin method of analysis of total lipids for various biological objects as exemplified by <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> by M. A. Eremina, N. E. Gruntenko

“…In recent decades the model object Drosophila melanogaster has been actively used in the study of the fundamental issues of lipid metabolism and its disorders, including obesity, as well as in the search for therapeutic goals for the treatment of metabolic disorders in humans. …”
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Predictors of Sleep Apnea in the Canadian Population by Ina van der Spuy, Gaungming Zhao, Chandima Karunanayake, Punam Pahwa

“…Older age, obesity, hypertension, snoring, and excessive daytime sleepiness have been associated with sleep apnea. …”
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Cardiovascular Hyperreactivity and its Association with Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Milagros Lisset León Regal, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Yudith Brito Pérez de Corcho, Lázaro Hermes González Otero, José Omar de Armas García, Luciano Miranda Alvarado

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: there is an association between cardiovascular hyperreactivity and cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia in normotensive individuals, a situation still observed in non-obese individuals.…”
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