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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It is time to tackle psychological determinants of obesity and eating disorders by Pietro Crescenzo

“…In Europe, recent data showed overweight affects 30-70% and obesity affects 10-30% of adults [7]. …”
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Central Obesity Is Associated with Variations in TSH and ACTH Levels among Euthyroid Obese Individuals by Difei Lu, Zhenfang Yuan, Ying Gao, Wei Liu, Junqing Zhang

“…In total, 441 patients with overweight or obesity were enrolled (male/female, 123/318). …”
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Maternal Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Risk of Obesity among Offspring: A Systematic Review by Erica Y. Lau, Junxiu Liu, Edward Archer, Samantha M. McDonald, Jihong Liu

“…Included studies (n=23) were English articles that examined the independent associations of GWG with body mass index (BMI) and/or overweight status in the offspring aged 2 to 18.9 years. …”
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Symptoms affecting patient’s intake of food with lymphoma in outpatient chemotherapy by Andressa Madalozo Laffitte, Carolina Lane Alves Farias, Jessica Wszolek

“…In the BMI, 26.7% of adults were eutrophic, 30% were overweight, 13.3% were obese and none with malnutrition, in relation to the elderly 6.7% were underweight, 6.7% were eutrophic and 16.7 % overweight. …”
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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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Obesity Increases Prevalence of Colonic Adenomas at Screening Colonoscopy: A Canadian Community-Based Study by Theodore F. Shapero, Grant I. Chen, Tim Devlin, Alison Gibbs, Iain C. Murray, Stanley Tran, Corey Weigensberg

“…A and ADV were commoner in overweight and obese males, obese females, older subjects, and smokers. …”
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Novel Anthropometric Indices as Screening Tools for Obesity: A Study on Healthy Iranians by Toktam Alirezaei, Hamid Soori, Rana Irilouzadian, Hadis Najafimehr

“…In our 2,812 participants, NC had the lowest area under the curve (AUC) in both male and female obese and overweight subjects. NHtR and hip circumference (HC) had the highest AUC in men and women with obesity, respectively. …”
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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Body Mass Index and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adolescents in a Country of the African Region by Tanica Lyngdoh, Bharathi Viswanathan, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Gary J. Myers, Pascal Bovet

“…The observation that only current BMI remained associated with CRFs when including past and current levels together suggests that weight control at a later age may be effective in reducing CRFs in overweight children irrespective of past weight status.…”
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Congenital malformations in children of diabetic mothers in the province of Cienfuegos. 2016-2019 by Fanny Arbolay Sanabria, Lázaro Roberto Herrera Fragoso, Maylé Santos Solí, Gladys Bárbara Barberis Pérez, Walkiria Díaz Senra, María Soledad Vilches León

“…<strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> diabetes mellitus and overweight continue to be risk factors for congenital malformations, so reducing them in women of reproductive age and planning pregnancy is important in the prevention of maternal diabetes and its impact on the product of conception.…”
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Fast Food Consumption, Quality of Diet, and Obesity among Isfahanian Adolescent Girls by Mohammad Hossein Rouhani, Maryam Mirseifinezhad, Nasrin Omrani, Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, Leila Azadbakht

“…High intakes of fast foods were significantly associated with overweight (top quartile: 40% versus bottom quartile: 0%, P=0.0001) and obesity (11.4% versus 2.9%, P=0.0001). …”
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Weight Maintenance with Litramine (IQP-G-002AS): A 24-Week Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study by Barbara Grube, Pee-Win Chong, Felix Alt, Ralf Uebelhack

“…Litramine (IQP-G-002AS) was shown to be effective and safe for weight loss in overweight and obese subjects. However, long-term effectiveness on maintenance of body weight loss has yet to be ascertained. …”
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Sex-specific association of immunological markers in CS-delivered newborns with pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain of mothers by Karolina Rak, Michaela Godyla-Jabłoński, Monika Bronkowska

“…Abstract Just as overweight and obesity may impair immunity, excessive body weight-related parameters of women in the pre-conception period and during pregnancy are possible detrimental factors for fetal programming of the immune system in their offspring. …”
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High Rate of Obesity-Associated Hypertension among Primary Schoolchildren in Sudan by Zeena Salman, Gregory D. Kirk, Mark D. DeBoer

“…Of 304 children, 45 (14.8%) were overweight; 32 (10.5%) were obese; 15 (4.9%) were pre-hypertensive and 15 (4.9%) were hypertensive. …”
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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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Population-Based Studies on the Epidemiology of Insulin Resistance in Children by M. P. van der Aa, S. Fazeli Farsani, C. A. J. Knibbe, A. de Boer, M. M. J. van der Vorst

“…Prevalence rates of IR reported in children vary widely which is partly due to the variety of definitions used. Overweight and obese children had higher prevalence and girls were more insulin resistant than boys. …”
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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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Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Obstetric Complications in Moroccan Population by Latifa Mochhoury, Rachid Razine, Jalal Kasouati, Mariam Kabiri, Amina Barkat

“…This study demonstrates that overweight women before pregnancy and weight gain during pregnancy are associated with higher risks of maternal and neonatal complications. …”
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Tolerability of Capsaicinoids from Capsicum Extract in a Beadlet Form: A Pilot Study by Jayant Deshpande, Shankaranarayanan Jeyakodi, Vijaya Juturu

“…A single center, open-label, dose-finding adaptive study was conducted in twelve healthy overweight female subjects. The study was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of the capsaicinoids (CAPs) from Capsicum extract in a beadlet form compared to placebo in a healthy overweight population. …”
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Body Mass Index and Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Receiving Care in a University Hospital by Mercedes Camprubi, Sandra Cabrera, Jordi Sans, Georgina Vidal, Teresa Salvadó, Alfredo Bardají

“…However, no statistically significant differences have been found in normal weight, overweight, or obese subjects.…”
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