Kinesiophobia and associated factors among people with musculoskeletal disorders in Ethiopia: a multicenter cross-sectional study by Yazachew Mekonnen, Moges Gashaw, Yohannes Abich, Mihret Dejen Takele, Samuel Teferi Chanie, Dechasa Imiru Wayessa, Sisay Deme, Alemu Kassaw Kibret

“…Thus, we suggest screening for kinesiophobia, be physically active, avoiding being overweight and obese, and managing depression, anxiety and pain will help to reduce the occurrence of kinesiophobia.…”
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Scleredema Diabeticorum with Superimposed Cellulitis and Abscess Formation by Binav Shrestha, Eliza Sharma, Osama Mukhtar, Jaspreet Kaler, Shivani Thapa, Mazin Khalid

“…We present a case of an obese male with poorly controlled diabetes who came to the hospital with upper back pain and subsequently developed sepsis due to a small deep-seated abscess in his back that was drained and treated with antibiotics. …”
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Warfarin-Associated Diaphragmatic Hernia: An Unusual Diagnosis by Cristina Vilhena, Cátia Gameiro, Cláudia Tomás, Antónia Santos, Raquel Ilgenfritz

“…The authors report a case of prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis of warfarin embryopathy in an obese woman on unsupervised warfarin prophylaxis at the 16th week of gestation. …”
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Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN Initiative by Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Karelis Lastre Navarro, María Lina Valdés Gómez, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni, Juan Rafael Zerquera Rodríguez

“…The 55% were diabetics, the 46.5 % were obese and the 50 % had an altered measurement of the abdominal waist. …”
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Assessment of health behaviors of primary school teachers based on their nutritional knowledge and physical activity: A cross-sectional study in the Asir Region. by Amani Alhazmi, Maha Ali, Adam Dawria, Bayapa Reddy Narapureddy, Manal Mohammed Hawash

“…<h4>Results</h4>Among the participants, 38.6% were overweight, and 33.5% were obese, with 76% of married teachers classified as overweight or obese. …”
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The Effect of Diaphragmatic Breathing as a Complementary Therapeutic Strategy in Stress of Children and Teenagers 6–18 Years Old by Pelagia Tsakona, Ioannis Kitsatis, Thomas Apostolou, Ourania Papadopoulou, Alexandra Hristara-Papadopoulou

“…Nine studies involved obese and overweight pediatric populations and the other four involved pediatric patients. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of eating disorder risk among Bangladeshi public university students: A cross-sectional study by Md​. Hasan Al Banna, Md​. Forshed Dewan, Mohammad Raihan Tariq, Abu Sayeed, Satyajit Kundu, Tasnim Rahman Disu, Sumaiya Akter, Sumaia Sahrin, Md Shafiqul Islam Khan

“…The higher prevalence of eating disorders in the study indicates that psychological intervention and health awareness programs, particularly to younger age, female, and overweight and obese students at the university level, would effectively prevent the eating disorder risk.…”
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Differential Relationship between Intermuscular Adipose Depots with Indices of Cardiometabolic Health by Robert E. Bergia, Jung Eun Kim, Wayne W. Campbell

“…Specifically, greater IMAT in the thigh is a better predictor of cardiometabolic risk than greater IMAT in the calf in adults who are overweight and obese.…”
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The Relationship Between Serum 25 hydroxy Vitamin D Deficiency and Dietary Pattern in Baxshin Hospital, Sulaimani City by Mohammed I M Gubari, Jeza Muhamad Abdul Aziz, Fadhil Ahmed Mohialdeen, Khalid Anwar Hama-Ghareeb, Bakhtyar Kamal Muhamed, Hemn Abdalla Omer

“…The mean of vitamin D intake was 761 ± 195.65 IU, in normal weight group, and the mean of vitamin d intake was 125.98 ± 53.15 IU, in obese group. This study has concluded that the reach Dietary sources of vitamin D is not enough to provide the body adequate amount of vitamin D, in addition, Obese and overweight individuals tend to have less serum vitamin D status compared to normal weight individuals and finally recommended daily amount of vitamin d intake should be established for Kurdistan people. …”
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Technical Report on the New Ultrasound Lateral Mid-Shaft Approach to the Sciatic Nerve: A Never-Ending Story by Giuseppe Sepolvere, Mario Tedesco, Mario Cibelli, Dario Cirillo, Angelo Sparaco, Giuseppe Gagliardi, Giuseppina Costagliola, Loredana Cristiano, Valeria Rita Scialdone, Maria Rosaria Pasquariello, Fabrizio Di Zazzo, Luigi Merola, Mirco Della Valle, Daniela Arminio, Leonardo Maria Bottazzo, Marco Folliero, Giorgio Ranieri, Domenico Pietro Santonastaso, Antonio Coviello

“…The ultrasound lateral mid-shaft technique appears to be a safe and effective method for performing a sciatic nerve block, even in obese patients with significant subcutaneous fat and unclear ultrasound images. …”
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Total Antioxidant Status in Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Palestine by Akram T. Kharroubi, Hisham M. Darwish, Mutaz A. Akkawi, Abdelkareem A. Ashareef, Zaher A. Almasri, Khaldoun A. Bader, Umaiyeh M. Khammash

“…Mean TAS levels were higher in obese compared to nonobese subjects (2.12 versus 1.85 mM Trolox, P = 0.001). …”
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Association of The MCP-1 rs1024611 Polymorphism with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in A Population of Indian Women: A Case-Control Study by Jijo Francis, Honey Sebastian, Saley Daniel, Leyon Varghese, Sareena Gilvaz, Ragitha Thenkattil Sankarankutty, Siji Susan George, Pulikkottil Raphael Varghese, Suresh Kumar Raveendran

“…In addition to this, we found no significant difference in the genotype and allele frequenciesbetween obese and non-obese PCOS patients.Conclusion: Our finding suggests that the MCP-1 -2518 A/G polymorphism has not been associated with PCOSpredisposition.…”
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Malignant Range Elevation of Serum Chromogranin A due to Inadvertent Use of Proton Pump Inhibitor in a Subject with Pancreatic Incidentaloma by Usman Hammawa Malabu, Rozemary Karamatic, Gillian Mahy, Kunwarjit Singh Sangla

“…We present a case of highly elevated tenfold rise of serum chromogranin A in a young, morbidly obese, hypertensive female being investigated for pancreatic mass, weight loss, and elevated ESR. …”
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Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain Are Associated with Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes Based on Chinese Women by Tingzhao Wang, Lichun Li, Chunchun Wu, Rong Cao, Qingli Li, Liji Yu, Youguo Chen

“…Women were divided into the underweight group, normal weight group, overweight group, and obese group according to early pregnancy BMI. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. …”
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The Effects of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Weight Gain During Pregnancy on Perinatal Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Engin Yurtcu, Sibel Mutlu, Enis Ozkaya

“…First, they were divided into four groups according to their pre-pregnancy body mass index (low-weight/normal-weight/overweight/obese), and then they were redivided into three groups according to pregnancy weight gain (≤7/8-15/≥16 kg). …”
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Body mass index levels in students living in areas of military conflict by Iryna Kryventsova, Katarzyna Prusik, Victoriya Klymenchenko, Olha Sokoliuk

“…Among women, the BMI breakdown is: 73.75% normal weight, 17.5% underweight, 7.5% overweight, and 1.25% obese. For men, the figures are: 69.79% normal weight, 20.83% overweight, 5.21% underweight, and 4.17% obese. …”
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Impact of headache in women with polycystic ovary syndrome by Lina Zabulienë, V. Hendrixson, M. Urbonas, I. Ilias, D. Jatužis

“…Women with PCOS (particularly overweight or obese) in Lithuania are often prone to suffer from headaches; the latter affect their professional life and everyday activities. …”
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Double Barrel Nasal Trumpets to Prevent Upper Airway Obstruction after Nasal and Non-Nasal Surgery by Macario Camacho, Justin M. Wei, Lauren K. Reckley, Sungjin A. Song

“…The Double Barrel Technique allows for a safe emergence from anesthesia in patients predisposed to upper airway obstruction (such as in obstructive sleep apnea and morbidly obese patients). To our knowledge, the Modified Double Barrel Technique is the first description for the use of nasal trumpets in patients who had nasal surgery and who have nasal splints in place.…”
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Factors Associated with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis by Yu Zhang, Cheng-Ming Xiao, Yan Zhang, Qiong Chen, Xiao-Qin Zhang, Xue-Feng Li, Ru-Yue Shao, Yi-Meng Gao

“…The factors influencing GDM included maternal age≥25, prepregnancy overweight or obese, FHD, history of GDM, macrosomia, stillbirth, premature delivery, pregestational smoking, and primigravida.…”
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Open surgical repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm during the second trimester of pregnancy by Ndeye Fatou Sow, MD, Abdoul Ahad Mbengue, MD, Jean Michel Davaine, MD, PhD, Morgane Lemierre, MD, Papa Adama Dieng, MD

“…A 37-year-old obese woman, trigravida and secundiparous, at 17 weeks of gestation presented with acute abdominal pain. …”
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