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Prepregnancy obesity and extensive weight gain can lead to diseases in the offspring later in life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of anthropometric and metabolic factors on the fetal autonomic nervous system (ANS) in uncomplicated pregnancies.
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A total of 184 pregnant women in the second or third trimester were included, and for 104 women, maternal insulin sensitivity...
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The aim of this study was to examine the association of county‐level food access, recreational opportunities, and natural amenities with participant engagement in a weight management program.
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In this cohort study, participants in the Veterans Health Administration MOVE! weight management program between October 1, 2007, and September 30, 2013, were observed for 12 months after...
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This study aimed to examine the explanatory role of health behaviors, socioeconomic position (SEP), and psychosocial stressors on racial/ethnic obesity disparities in a multiethnic and multiracial sample of adults.
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Using data from the Chicago Community Adult Health Study (2001‐2003), Oaxaca‐Blinder decomposition analysis was conducted to quantify the extent to which health behaviors...
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Researchers have linked geographic disparities in obesity to community‐level characteristics, yet many prior observational studies have ignored temporality and potential for bias.
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Repeated cross‐sectional data were used from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (2003‐2012) to examine the influence of county‐level characteristics (active commuting, unemployment,...
Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) are linked to global warming and adverse climate changes. Meeting the needs of the increasing number of people on the planet presents a challenge for reducing total GHG burden. A further challenge may be the size of the average person on the planet and the increasing number of people with excess body weight. We used data on GHG emissions from various sources and...
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Prospective studies on obesity incidence specifically among young adults have not been reported. This study examined risks of obesity incidence over 19 years among young women without obesity at baseline.
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Women aged 18 to 23 years at baseline (N = 8,177) were followed up every 2 to 3 years to ages 37 to 42 using the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. A latent class...
Eliciting a weight history can provide clinically important information to aid in treatment decision‐making. This view is consistent with the life course perspective of obesity and the aim of patient‐centered care, one of six domains of health care quality. However, thus far, the value and practicality of including a weight history in the clinical assessment and treatment of patients with obesity...
Obesity is one of the most serious global health problems, with an incidence that increases yearly and coincides with the development of a variety of associated comorbidities (e.g., type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, some immune‐related disorders). Although many studies have investigated the pathogenesis of overweight and obesity, multiple regulatory factors underlying the onset of...
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The continuous endothelium of skeletal muscle (SkM) capillaries regulates insulin’s access to skeletal myocytes. Whether impaired transendothelial insulin transport (EIT) contributes to SkM insulin resistance (IR), however, is unknown.
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Male and female C57/Bl6 mice were fed either chow or a high‐fat diet for 16 weeks. Intravital microscopy was used to measure EIT in SkM capillaries,...
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This study aimed to assess the relationship between weight history during adulthood and frailty in late life in men and women participating in the GAZEL (GAZ and ELectricité) cohort.
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This cohort study included 8,751 men and 3,033 women (aged 61 to 76 years) followed up since 1989. Modified Fried’s frailty criteria (weakness, fatigue, unintentional weight loss, low physical activity,...
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Evidence on the association between sleep duration and obesity among adults is inconsistent. Prospective studies investigating the association in Chinese adults have been limited. This study aims to prospectively evaluate sleep duration in relation to subsequent weight gain and general and central obesity risk among Chinese adults.
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A total of 21,958 participants aged 30 to 79...
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There exists enormous variation in estimates of the lifetime cost of adolescent obesity by race. To justify policy measures to reduce obesity rates nationally in this demographic, the costs of obesity in late adolescence must first be discerned. Although several researchers have sought to quantify obesity’s true cost, none has accounted for race‐specific age‐related weight gain, a vital...
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The purpose of this study was to assess the cross‐sectional association between residential exposure to traffic‐related air pollution and obesity in Mexican American adults.
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A total of 7,826 self‐reported Mexican Americans aged 20 to 60 years old were selected from the baseline survey of the MD Anderson Mano‐a‐Mano Mexican American Cohort. Concentrations of traffic‐related particulate...
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Appetite responses to 3 days of overfeeding (OF) were examined as correlates of longitudinal weight change in adults classified as obesity prone (OP) or obesity resistant (OR).
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OP (n = 22) and OR (n = 30) adults consumed a controlled eucaloric and OF diet (140% of energy needs) for 3 days, followed by 3 days of ad libitum feeding. Hunger and satiety were evaluated by visual analog...
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Obesity and its complications place an enormous burden on society. Yet antiobesity medications (AOM) are prescribed to only 2% of the eligible population, even though few individuals can sustain weight loss using other strategies alone. This study estimated the societal value of greater access to AOM.
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By using a well‐established simulation model (The Health Economics Medical Innovation...
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This longitudinal observational study examined BMI changes between successive pregnancies.
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The computerized medical records of women who attended a large maternity hospital between 2009 and 2017 for their first and second singleton deliveries were analyzed. Women who had their weight first measured after 15 weeks of gestation in either pregnancy were excluded.
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Of the...
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This study aimed to investigate the potential antiobesity benefits of hot tea consumption at the population level.
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Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003‐2006, the association between hot tea consumption and dual‐energy x‐ray–measured body fat was examined in a large representative sample of US adults (n = 5,681, 51.9% women).
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This study investigates the role of pentraxin 3 (PTX3) in the regulation of inflammatory homeostasis involving anti‐inflammatory miR‐21 during lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation in adipocytes.
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Using PTX3 knockout (PTX3 KO) mouse and primary stromal vascular cell models, this study determined the effect of PTX3 deficiency on the expression and secretion of miR‐21 in brown adipose...
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