ERYTHROCYTE SEDEMENTATION RATE:A USEFUL TOOL IN DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH by Muhammad Usman

“…Although it doesn’t enjoy the status of being called a diagnostic test,even then it is in continuous use as a good indicator in conditions like infections and inflammations; for screening and prognosis of certain diseases and also for monitoring the course of an existing disease.It is a good indicator to estimate the quantitative change in plasma that may occur in a lot of clinical conditions ranging from simple to much serious disorders such as inflammation, infection, pregnancy, obesity and even malignancies. In certain hematological conditions such as polycythaemia, sickle cell anaemia, leukemia, hypoproteinaemia as well as few other conditions like hyper viscosity, congestive heart failure etc. …”
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Climate change and food systems interactions: Ensuring resilient and healthy diets by Jessica Fanzo, Alison Rose

“…Malnutrition is worsening – both hunger and obesity are rising. Much of that malnutrition has to do with the types of diets we consume, which have contributed to adverse health outcomes. …”
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Management of Pediatric and Adolescent Type 2 Diabetes by M. Constantine Samaan

“…Type 2 diabetes (T2D) was an adult disease until recently, but the rising rates of obesity around the world have resulted in a younger age at presentation. …”
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Hepatitis: An Important Clinical Condition by Samuel W. French, Leslie B. Eidus, J. Freeman

“…The roles of alcohol, obesity and type II diabetes are stressed where inhibition of fatty acid oxidation by the liver is the basic defect in metabolism leading to fatty change, balloon degeneration and Mallory body formation. …”
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Association between Leptin, Metabolic Factors and Liver Histology in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C by Robert P Myers, Djamila Messous, Thierry Poynard, Francoise Imbert-Bismut

“…Leptin, the peptide product of the obesity gene (ob), has been implicated in hepatic fibrogenesis; circulating levels of leptin correlate with body fat mass. …”
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TLRs, Alcohol, HCV, and Tumorigenesis by Keigo Machida

“…Chronic liver damage caused by viral infection, alcohol, or obesity can result in increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …”
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Asymptomatic Periprosthetic Joint Infection of the Hip with High-Virulence Pathogens: Report of Two Cases by Ruben A. Mazzucchelli, Christoph Meier, Yvonne Achermann, Peter Wahl

“…We report two cases of chronic PJI of the hip, one with Staphylococcus aureus in a 27-year-old female with severe anorexia, the other one with Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a 74-year-old female suffering from morbid obesity. Both infections did not cause relevant symptoms over time despite the absence of suppressive antibiotic treatment. …”
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Mechanisms Linking Vitamin D Deficiency to Impaired Metabolism: An Overview by Nurulmuna Mohd Ghozali, Nelli Giribabu, Naguib Salleh

“…Despite its known skeletal effects, studies have begun to explore its extra-skeletal effects, that is, in preventing metabolic diseases such as obesity, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus. The mechanisms by which vitamin D deficiency led to these unfavorable metabolic consequences have been explored. …”
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Oral microbiota: A new view of body health by Maoyang Lu, Songyu Xuan, Zhao Wang

“…Recently, increasing evidence has shown that the oral microbiota is closely related to the physical state of humans, such as diabetes, obesity, and cancer. In the future, oral microbiota will become a new target for improving the physical state of humans. …”
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Editorial: Women’s nutrition and bariatric surgery by Violeta Moizé, Violeta Moizé, Rosa Casas, Rosa Casas, Rosa Casas

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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Clinical Approach and Review by Maitreyi Raman, Johane Allard

“…Risk factors for NAFLD include body mass index of 25 kg/m2 or greater, central obesity and diabetes mellitus. The spectrum of disease is variable, ranging from simple steatosis with benign prognosis, to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and cirrhosis, conferring increase in morbidity and mortality. …”
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Vitamin A: A Key Inhibitor of Adipocyte Differentiation by Manal A. Malibary

“…Inhibiting adipocyte differentiation, the conversion of preadipocytes to mature functional adipocytes, might represent a new approach to treating obesity and related metabolic disorders. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ and CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein α are two master coregulators controlling adipogenesis both in culture and in vivo. …”
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Pentraxin 3 Levels in Young Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in relation to the Nutritional Status and Systemic Inflammation by Katarzyna Wyskida, Grzegorz Franik, Piotr Choręza, Natalia Pohl, Leszek Markuszewski, Aleksander Owczarek, Paweł Madej, Jerzy Chudek, Magdalena Olszanecka-Glinianowicz

“…The study enrolled 99 stable body mass PCOS women (17 normal weight, 21 overweight, and 61 obese) and 61 non-PCOS women (24 normal weight, 19 overweight, and 18 obese). …”
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Paradoxical Glucose-Sensitizing yet Proinflammatory Effects of Acute ASP Administration in Mice by Alexandre Fisette, Pegah Poursharifi, Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Mercedes N. Munkonda, Marc Lapointe, Katherine Cianflone

“…Acylation stimulating protein (ASP) is an adipokine derived from the immune complement system, which stimulates fat storage and is typically increased in obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. …”
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Phenolic and Iridoid Glycosides from <i>Leonurus cardiaca</i> L. and Their Effects on the α, δ, and γ Subtypes of the PPAR System—Including the Discovery of the Novel Phenylethanoi... by Kenny Kuchta, Nobuyasu Matsuura, Tung Huu Nguyen, Christian Rusch, Munekazu Iinuma, Yukihiro Shoyama, Hans Wilhelm Rauwald

“…Although PPARδ especially is a potential therapeutic target for the metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and obesity, no PPARδ agonists with clinical potential have presently been developed. …”
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The prevention opportunities of retinopathy in diabetic patients – position paper endorsed by the Polish Lipid Association by Maciej Banach, Stanisław Surma, Grzegorz Dzida, Jacek Jóźwiak, Bogusław Okopień, Jacek Rysz, Konrad Szosland, Andrzej Grzybowski

“…Only then we might comprehensively reduce CVD burden and cardiovascular and cause-specific morbidity and mortality. In relation to obesity, prediabetes and especially diabetes, we recognize a number of potential dangerous non-cardiovascular complications, such as neuropathy, nephropathy and retinopathy. …”
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Sleep Disorders and Reproductive Health: Mechanisms, Consequences, and Potential Interventions by Magdalena Rosa-Bończak Rosa, Patrycja Marta, Filip Maciej Huzarski, Klaudia Anna Pawełek, Gabriela Monika Ferfecka, Agata Ossolińska, Natalia Morawiecka, Lucyna Stolarska, Oliver Carlton, Weronika Kłosowicz

“…Conclusions In both sexes, sleep disturbances can lead to reproductive health problems due to hormonal imbalances, resulting in the deterioration of reproductive cell quality. Factors such as obesity, stress, or shift work further increase the risk of infertility. …”
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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control, and the Associated Factors of Diabetes in an Iranian Kurdish Population by Roya Safari-Faramani, Fatemeh Rajati, Kamran Tavakol, Behrooz Hamzeh, Yahya Pasdar, Mehdi Moradinazar, Farid Najafi

“…Female gender (p<0.01), being older than 55 years, positive family history in the first-degree relatives (p<0.01), suffering from both hypertension and dyslipidemia (p<0.01), and obesity or overweight (p<0.005) were negatively associated with DM awareness. …”
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Changes in quality of life 5 years after sleeve gastrectomy: a prospective cohort study by Karl Ove Hufthammer, Tone Merete Norekvål, Grethe S Tell, Ronette L Kolotkin, Tone Nygaard Flølo, Anny Aasprang, Villy Våge, John Roger Andersen

“…The main exposure was weight loss after SG, assessed as per cent excess body mass index (kg/m2) loss (%EBMIL). The Obesity-Related Problem (OP) scale was used to measure obesity-specific health-related QOL (HRQOL). …”
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Associations of macrosomia with sociodemographic, anthropometric, lifestyle factors and perinatal outcomes in Southwest Nigeria by Ikeola A. Adeoye, Joshua I. Fakorede, Mobolaji M. Salawu, Kofoworola I. Adediran

“…Methods We used the Ibadan Pregnancy Cohort Study (IbPCS) data, which investigated maternal obesity, lifestyle factors and the associated pregnancy outcomes among 1745 antenatal care attendees in Southwest Nigeria. …”
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