Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Morbidly Obese Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Review of the Management by Megana Ballal, Tracey Straker

“…Myasthenia gravis, a disorder of neuromuscular transmission, presents a unique challenge to the perioperative anesthetic management of morbidly obese patients. This report describes the case of a 27-year-old morbidly obese woman with a past medical history significant for myasthenia gravis and fatty liver disease undergoing bariatric surgery. …”
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Prevalence of Obesity and Its Association with Socioeconomic Factors in Elderly Iranians from Razavi-Khorasan Province by Mohsen Nematy, Ali Sakhdari, Parnian Ahmadi-Moghaddam, Maliheh Aliabadi, M. Kimiagar, A. A. Ilaty, M. Azimi-Nezhad, M. T. Shakeri, M. Ghayour-Mobarhan, A. Sahebkar, G. Ferns

“…There are few data regarding the prevalence of obesity and its socioeconomic determinants among elderly individuals, particularly in Iran. …”
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Evaluation of prescribing practices and treatment failure for purulent skin and soft tissue infections in patients with obesity by Mackenzie L. Miller, Destiny M. Hughson, Noah D. Blower, Andrew P. Jameson, Lisa E. Dumkow

“… Abstract Objective: Evaluate prescribing practices and risk factors for treatment failure in obese patients treated for purulent cellulitis with oral antibiotics in the outpatient setting. …”
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The Relation between Periodontopathogenic Bacterial Levels and Resistin in the Saliva of Obese Type 2 Diabetic Patients by Natheer Al-Rawi, Farah Al-Marzooq

“…This study aims to investigate the relation between resistin and periodontopathogenic bacterial levels in the saliva of obese adults compared to healthy control and to examine whether salivary resistin can serve as a biomarker of type 2 diabetes in obese patients. …”
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Impact of Weight Reduction on Thyroid Function and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver among Egyptian Adolescents with Obesity by Mona Karem Amin, Ahmed Ibrahim Ali, Hesham Elsayed

“…To study the impact of weight reduction through lifestyle modifications in adolescents with obesity. Methods. A prospective cohort study was done on 61 adolescents with obesity. …”
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Correlation between Thyroid Homeostasis and Obesity in Subclinical Hypothyroidism: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Research by Yu Zhou, Sujie Ke, Kejun Wu, Jingze Huang, Xuelin Gao, Beibei Li, Xiaoying Lin, Xiaohong Liu, Xiaoying Liu, Li Ma, Linxi Wang, Li Wu, Lijuan Wu, Chengwen Xie, Junjun Xu, Yanping Wang, Libin Liu

“…It remains unknown whether obesity has an effect on the pituitary-thyroid feedback control axis in subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH). …”
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Past Obesity as well as Present Body Weight Status Is a Risk Factor for Diabetic Nephropathy by Shu Meguro, Yusuke Kabeya, Karin Tanaka, Toshihide Kawai, Masuomi Tomita, Takeshi Katsuki, Yoichi Oikawa, Yoshihito Atsumi, Akira Shimada, Masami Tanaka, Junichiro Irie, Yoshifumi Saisho, Hiroshi Itoh

“…The prevalence of nephropathy was significantly higher in subjects with current obesity (40.6%) or previous obesity (35.6%) than in those who were continuously lean (24.3%) (P<0.017). …”
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GH Responsiveness to Combined GH-Releasing Hormone and Arginine Administration in Obese Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome by Antonello E. Rigamonti, Graziano Grugni, Marco Arreghini, Paolo Capodaglio, Alessandra De Col, Fiorenza Agosti, Alessandro Sartorio

“…Since there is a high prevalence of obesity in FM, and obesity itself is characterized by hyposomatotropism, the aim of this study was to assess IGF-1 levels and GH responsiveness in sixteen severely obese women suffering from FM, who, subdivided into two subgroups on the basis of their age-dependent IGF-1 values (> or <−2 SDS), underwent the combined GHRH plus arginine test. …”
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Does the Frequency of Watching Television Matters on Overweight and Obesity among Reproductive Age Women in Ethiopia? by Mohammed Ahmed, Abdu Seid, Adnan Kemal

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Association Between Body Mass Index, Abdominal Obesity and Menopause-Related Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women by Brianna A Rice, Patricia Heavey

“…This study aimed to determine whether there is an association between BMI, general abdominal obesity and menopause-related symptoms in postmenopausal women. …”
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Interaction of genetics risk score and fatty acids quality indices on healthy and unhealthy obesity phenotype by Niloufar Rasaei, Seyedeh Fatemeh Fatemi, Fatemeh Gholami, Mahsa Samadi, Mohammad Keshavarz Mohammadian, Elnaz Daneshzad, Khadijeh Mirzaei

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Effects of obesity on outcomes of laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair: a retrospective analysis by Dawid Golik, Przemysław Sroczyński, Krzysztof Jędras, Grzegorz Dobkowski, Michał R. Janik

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Noise-augmented directional clustering of genetic association data identifies distinct mechanisms underlying obesity. by Andrew J Grant, Dipender Gill, Paul D W Kirk, Stephen Burgess

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Overweight and Obesity Epidemic in Developing Countries: A Problem with Diet, Physical Activity, or Socioeconomic Status? by Trishnee Bhurosy, Rajesh Jeewon

“…Obesity is a significant public health concern affecting more than half a billion people worldwide. …”
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The Influence of Peripheral Neuropathy, Gender, and Obesity on the Postural Stability of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Aline Herrera-Rangel, Catalina Aranda-Moreno, Teresa Mantilla-Ochoa, Lylia Zainos-Saucedo, Kathrine J&#xe1;uregui-Renaud

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“Culture Is So Interspersed”: Child-Minders’ and Health Workers’ Perceptions of Childhood Obesity in South Africa by Roger Figueroa, Jaclyn Saltzman, Jessica Jarick Metcalfe, Angela Wiley

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Impact of Hypocaloric Diets on Weight Loss and Body Composition in Obese Dogs: A Meta-Analysis by Karoline Vanelli, Rafael Fernando Wisneski, Camila Estevão, Fernanda Caroline Mayer, Leandro Batista Costa, Saulo Henrique Webber, Cláudia Turra Pimpão

“…Canine obesity is a complex, multifactorial condition marked by excessive body fat accumulation due to a sustained positive energy balance. …”
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Comment on “Effect of Exercise Intervention on Flow-Mediated Dilation in Overweight and Obese Adults: Meta-Analysis” by Mohammad Alwardat

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Design of a Digital-Based, Multicomponent Nutrition Guidance System for Prevention of Early Childhood Obesity by Keriann H. Uesugi, Anne M. Dattilo, Maureen M. Black, Jose M. Saavedra

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Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Visceral Adipose Tissue in Morbidly Obese and Normal Weight Chinese Women by Chen Shang, Wei Sun, Chunlin Wang, Xiangqing Wang, Huijuan Zhu, Linjie Wang, Hongbo Yang, Xue Wang, Fengying Gong, Hui Pan

“…Method. Nine morbidly obese women and 8 normal weight women as controls were enrolled. …”
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