Healthy lifestyle before and during pregnancy to prevent childhood obesity: study protocol for a parallel group randomised trial — the PRE-STORK trial by Tina Vilsbøll, Signe S Torekov, Julie Lyng Forman, Romain Barrès, Andreas Andersen, Filip K Knop, Signe Foghsgaard, Klaus Bønnelykke, Thomas Bergholt, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Christina Anne Vinter, Majken Lillholm Pico, Louise Groth Grunnet, Nina Kornerup, Julie Hagstrøm Danielsen, Ronni Eg Sahl, Mette Yun Johansen, Louise Kelstrup, Nida Ghauri, Emilie Grønlund, Lærke Lund

“…Introduction The global prevalence of people living with overweight has tripled since 1975 and more than 40% of Danish women enter pregnancy being overweight. …”
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Otyłość - ważny problem zdrowotny by Grażyna Nowicka

“…Obesity affecting more than 30% of adult population has been recognized as a major public health problem. Overweight and obesity generally are caused by unhealthy eating patterns and a lack of physical activity. …”
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Cardiovascular Risk Biomarkers in Women with and Without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Manjula Nandakumar, Priya Das, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Alexandra E. Butler, Stephen L. Atkin

“…This study sought to determine whether a panel of cardiovascular risk proteins (CVRPs) would be dysregulated in overweight/obese PCOS patients, highlighting potential biomarkers for CVD in PCOS. …”
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Relationship between morphometric measurements and blood parameters in horses with varying adiposity levels and physiological conditions by Arash Omidi, Aria Rasooli, Saeed Nazifi, Abbas Heydari, Mohammad Seirafinia

“…Therefore, this study challenges the notion that all overweight horses are unhealthy, as overweight horses can still have good metabolic health. …”
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General obesity, abdominal obesity, and the risk of cardiovascular disease including stroke in 5-year breast cancer survivors by Ji Soo Kim, Jihun Song, Seulggie Choi, Sang Min Park

“…Compared to those overweight, those with abdominal obesity only had a significantly higher risk of ischemic stroke [2.04(1.14–3.65)]. …”
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Adolescent Weight Status and Self-Reported School Performance in South Korea by Young Kyung Do, Eric Andrew Finkelstein

“…Using a nationally representative sample of 142 783 middle school (13–15 years old) and high school (16–18 years old) students in South Korea, this study examined whether (1) overweight and obesity are more likely to be associated with lower self-reported school performance; (2) overweight and obese students are more likely to enrol in a vocational high school as opposed to a general high school; (3) the association between obesity and poorer self-reported school performance is mediated through body image stress and health status. …”
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Regional Disparity and Determinants of Body Mass Index Status among Tribal Women in Eastern India by Bichitra Shit, Jagannath Behera, Subhadip Mandal

“…The study found that the prevalence of underweight and overweight was 28.5% and 7.6% among tribal women, respectively. …”
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a 15 Years Old Adolescent: Case Report and Literature Review by Blanca Cristina Estrella López, Roberto Javier Aguilar Berrezueta, Silvio Amable Machuca Vivar

“…The case of a 15-year-old female patient who attended health services with a previous diagnosis of prediabetes and overweight is presented. The physical examination revealed overweight and central fat distribution. …”
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Effect of body mass index on inpatient rehabilitation outcome after stroke in a Southeast Asian cohort: a prospective study by Sze Chin Jong, Jovic Aguipo Fuentes, Angie En Qin Seow, Chien Joo Lim, Gobinathan Chandran, Karen Sui Geok Chua

“…Body mass index, whether underweight, normal or overweight, did not correlate with discharge FIM.…”
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Youth Understanding of Healthy Eating and Obesity: A Focus Group Study by Allison C. Sylvetsky, Monique Hennink, Dawn Comeau, Jean A. Welsh, Trisha Hardy, Linda Matzigkeit, Deanne W. Swan, Stephanie M. Walsh, Miriam B. Vos

“…Most youth were aware that obesity was a problem; yet most overweight youth felt that their weight was healthy and attributed overweight to genetics or slow metabolism. …”
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Impact of Body Mass Index on Short-Term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada by Anne B. Gregory, Kendra K. Lester, Deborah M. Gregory, Laurie K. Twells, William K. Midodzi, Neil J. Pearce

“…BMI categories included normal, 18.5 ≤ BMI < 25.0 (n=1073); overweight, 25.0 ≤ BMI < 30 (n=2608); and obese, BMI ≥ 30.0 (n=2792). …”
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Weight status of children aged 2-5 years old, attending a paediatric outpatient clinic and its association with parental feeding style and parental perceptions of weight status by Aisling Lee, Helen Callaghan, Dara Gallagher, Annette Lalor, Louise Rattigan, Hilary Greaney, Laura Keaver

“…Excessive consumption of food can lead to an overweight/obese weight status which is linked to non-communicable diseases. …”
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Dietary Intake Pattern and Nutritional Status of Women of Reproductive Age in Slum Areas of Pokhara Metropolitan by Babita Kandel, Dhurba Khatri, Arun Kumar Koirala, Yamuna Chhetri, Alisha Manandhar

“…Age, knowledge of nutrition, and frequency of food consumption per day were found to be associated factors with being overweight at a p value <0.05. Conclusion. Age, occupation status, and frequency of food consumption were the key predictors of being underweight, and age, knowledge regarding nutrition, and frequency of meals were the key predictors of being overweight. …”
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Gambaran Kadar Gula Darah pada Mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Andalas yang Memiliki Berat Badan Berlebih dan Obesitas by Putri Auliya, Fadil Oenzil, Zelly Dia Dia Rofinda

“…</em><em></em></p><p class="NoSpacing"><strong><em>Keywords: </em></strong><em>blood glucose levels, obesity, overweight, IGT, IFG, diabetes</em></p></div><em><br clear="all" /> </em>…”
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Participatory Action Research in the Implementing Process of Evidence-Based Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity: Project Design of the “Healthy Future” Study by Gudbjørg Øen, Kjell Morten Stormark

“…By CPPE approach evidence-based health care practice can be delivered based on research, user knowledge, and provider knowledge in the field of childhood overweight and obesity in a certain context.…”
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Real-World Assessment of Weight Change in African American Females and Hispanics with HIV-1 After Initiating Integrase Strand-Transfer Inhibitors or Protease Inhibitors by Yen-Wen Chen, David Anderson, Christopher D. Pericone, Prina Donga

“…Female African American INSTI initiators were more likely to shift from normal or overweight to a worse BMI classification. Hispanic INSTI initiators were less likely to shift from normal BMI to overweight but more likely to shift from normal or overweight to obese. …”
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Analysis of the Relationship Between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Dento-Skeletal Maturation: A Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study by Alessio Verdecchia, Inmaculada Coronado de la Torre, Ivan Menéndez Diaz, Veronica García Sanz, Yolanda García Mesa, Teresa Cobo, Vanessa Paredes Gallardo

“…<b>Methods:</b> The sample consisted of 178 individuals (115 normal weight, 37 overweight and 26 obese), aged 6 to 16 years, with a mean biological age of 11.96 ± 2.44 years. …”
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Bariatric Endocrinology: Principles of Medical Practice by J. Michael Gonzalez-Campoy, Bruce Richardson, Conor Richardson, David Gonzalez-Cameron, Ayesha Ebrahim, Pamela Strobel, Tiphani Martinez, Beth Blaha, Maria Ransom, Jessica Quinonez-Weislow, Andrea Pierson, Miguel Gonzalez Ahumada

“…This paper defines the principles of medical practice in bariatric endocrinology—the treatment of overweight and obesity as means to treat adiposopathy and its accompanying metabolic and hormonal derangements.…”
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Identification of positive childhood experiences with the potential to mitigate childhood unhealthy weight status in children within the context of adverse childhood experiences: a... by Brooklyn M. Mellar, Maryam Ghasemi, Pauline Gulliver, Barry Milne, Fiona Langridge, Tracey McIntosh, Christa Fouche, Boyd Swinburn, Ladan Hashemi

“…Nine individual ACEs and their cumulative scores, a newly developed PCEs index consisting of six individual PCEs and (their) cumulative scores, and an overweight/obesity variable were included in the analyses. …”
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Effect of retirement on the body mass index in China: a nationwide study based on the regression discontinuity design by Jiarun Mi, Xueyan Han, Hanchao Cheng, Zhaoyang Pan, Jian Guo, Hailu Zhu, Qi Wang, Yicong Wang, Yuanli Liu, Congyi Zheng, Xin Wang, Xue Cao, Zhen Hu, Yixin Tian, Zengwu Wang, Tianjia Guan

“…Results The fully adjusted model suggested that retirement did not have a significant impact on the BMI or overweight and obesity rates of the overall population. …”
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