Impact of Obesity on Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Disease Prognosis in Pre- and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Institutional Study by Nehad M. Ayoub, Rami J. Yaghan, Nour M. Abdo, Ismail I. Matalka, Laila M. Akhu-Zaheya, Alia H. Al-Mohtaseb

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The Safety and Efficacy of Dietary Epigallocatechin Gallate Supplementation for the Management of Obesity and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Recent Updates by Ruike Yan, Yanli Cao

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Baicalein Protects against Type 2 Diabetes via Promoting Islet β-Cell Function in Obese Diabetic Mice by Yu Fu, Jing Luo, Zhenquan Jia, Wei Zhen, Kequan Zhou, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dongmin Liu

“…Here, we show that dietary supplementation of baicalein, a flavone isolated from the roots of Chinese herb Scutellaria baicalensis, improved glucose tolerance and enhanced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in high-fat diet (HFD-) induced middle-aged obese mice. Baicalein had no effect on food intake, body weight gain, circulating lipid profile, and insulin sensitivity in obese mice. …”
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The Association of Sleep Disorder, Obesity Status, and Diabetes Mellitus among US Adults—The NHANES 2009-2010 Survey Results by Jian Liu, John Hay, Brent E. Faught

“…Overall, 19% of subjects were diabetics, 37% were obese, and 32% had either sleep disturbance or sleep disorder. …”
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Lifestyle risk factors for overweight and obesity among rural Indian adults: a community-based prospective cohort study by Rajesh Kumar Rai, Sabri Bromage, Jan-Walter De Neve, Anamitra Barik

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Anti-Apolipoprotein A-1 IgG Levels Predict Coronary Artery Calcification in Obese but Otherwise Healthy Individuals by Alessandra Quercioli, Fabrizio Montecucco, Katia Galan, Osman Ratib, Pascale Roux-Lombard, Sabrina Pagano, François Mach, Thomas H. Schindler, Nicolas Vuilleumier

“…We aimed at determining whether anti-apolipoprotein (apo) A-1 IgG levels are independent predictors of coronary artery calcification (CAC) and coronary endothelial dysfunction in obese and nonobese subjects without cardiovascular disease. 48 nonobese and 43 obese subjects were included. …”
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Association between screen time, including that for smartphones, and overweight/obesity among children in Japan: NICE EVIDENCE Study 4 by Izumi Ikeda, Kazuya Fujihara, Sakiko Morikawa Yoshizawa, Yasunaga Takeda, Hajime Ishiguro, Mayuko Yamada Harada, Chika Horikawa, Yasuhiro Matsubayashi, Takaho Yamada, Yohei Ogawa, Hirohito Sone

Subjects: “…pediatric obesity…”
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Intervening to Reduce Sedentary Behaviors and Childhood Obesity among School-Age Youth: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials by May May Leung, Alen Agaronov, Kateryna Grytsenko, Ming-Chin Yeh

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Physical Activity Is Associated with Weight Loss and Increased Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Severely Obese Men and Women Undergoing Lifestyle Treatment by Eivind Aadland, Lesley Robertson

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Setting the top 10 priorities for obesity and weight-related research (POWeR): a stakeholder priority setting process by Paul Aveyard, Susan A Jebb, Nerys M Astbury, Anisa Hajizadeh, Ailsa R Butler, Lucy Goddard, Philippa Seeber, Bruce Crawley

“…Objectives To identify and prioritise the most impactful, unanswered questions for obesity and weight-related research.Design Prioritisation exercise of research questions using online surveys and an independently facilitated workshop.Setting Online/virtual.Participants We involved members of the public including people living with obesity, researchers, healthcare professionals and policy-makers in all stages of this study.Primary outcome measures Top 10 research questions to be prioritised in future obesity and weight-related research.Results Survey 1 produced 941 questions, from 278 respondents. …”
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Obesity-related indices are associated with self-reported infertility in women: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Hong Zhang, Minmin Yu, Li Li, Chen Chen, Qinyuan He

“…Objective Obesity can contribute to infertility, but the exact relationship between infertility risk and obesity-related measurements like waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), body roundness index (BRI), conicity index (CoI), and A body shape index (ABSI) in women is uncertain. …”
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Elevated Serum TNF-α Is Related to Obesity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Is Associated with Glycemic Control and Insulin Resistance by Hana Alzamil

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CD36-Mediated Lipid Accumulation and Activation of NLRP3 Inflammasome Lead to Podocyte Injury in Obesity-Related Glomerulopathy by Jing Zhao, Hong-liang Rui, Min Yang, Li-jun Sun, Hong-rui Dong, Hong Cheng

“…Podocyte injury critically contributes to the pathogenesis of obesity-related glomerulopathy (ORG). Recently, lipid accumulation and inflammatory responses have been found to be involved in podocyte injury. …”
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Can Obesity Prevalence Explain COVID-19 Indicators (Cases, Mortality, and Recovery)? A Comparative Study in OECD Countries by Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner

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Regional differences in intercohort and intracohort trends in obesity in the USA: evidence from the National Health Interview Survey, 1982–2018 by Emma Zang, Liying Luo, Jiahui Xu

“…Objectives Obesity in the USA is more prevalent in younger cohorts than older cohorts and also more prevalent in the South and the Midwest than other regions. …”
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Gut microbiota in the association between obesity and kidney function decline: a metagenomics-based study in a rat model by Akehu Alemasi, Lijiang Gu, Yilun Zhou

Subjects: “…Obesity-associated kidney injury…”
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Preliminary evidence of immune infiltration and neutrophil degranulation in peripheral blood of non-obese OSA patients related to cognitive decline by Qingqing Liu, Yanru Ou, Ting Liu, Yuming He, Xiangming Quan, Ruoyun Ouyang, Zhihui Shi

“…Cohorts of healthy control (n = 20) and non-obese, treatment-naïve OSA patients (n = 20) were recruited. …”
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Sociocultural and Socioeconomic Influences on Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Overweight/Obese African-American and Latino-American Children and Adolescents by Rebecca E. Hasson, Tanja C. Adam, Jay Pearson, Jaimie N. Davis, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Michael I. Goran

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Expanding the Role of Primary Care in the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity: A Review of Clinic- and Community-Based Recommendations and Interventions by Michaela Vine, Margaret B. Hargreaves, Ronette R. Briefel, Cara Orfield

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Genetic variants on chromosome 19 (rs439401 and rs4420638) are associated with obesity and high blood pressure in the Algerian population by H. Boulenouar, S. Mediene Benchekor, H. Ouhaibi Djellouli, S. Larjam Hetraf, L. Houti, I. Hammani-Medjaoui

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