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Sep 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-26-6471
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Sound bone health and the ability to respond effectively to unexpected mobility obstacles that heighten falls risks are crucial for mediating many life affirming activities at all ages, but may be impacted adversely over the course of time by multiple factors, such as excess body weight and its link…
Dec 2025
Solomon Gebretsadik BerekaCorresponding author
Background Fast food consumption is the major cause of obesity and overweight in worldwide affecting more than 2 billion people, especially developing countries and low income countries. It can lead to hyperinsulinemia and development of insulin resistance, high energy density, high glycemic index,…
Sep 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2643-2811.jmbr-25-5688
Nicolaus DahlmannCorresponding author
Obesity is associated with functional limitations in muscle performance. The true effect of obesity on skeletal muscle mass, including any interactions with aging effects, remains to be elucidated. The present study investigated the impact of obesity on the stimulation of muscle growth, based on a n…
Jun 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-450X.jom-24-5114
Felix HammettCorresponding author
Objective We aimed to assess outcomes in patients undergoing sequential intragastric balloon (IGB) treatment for obesity. Methods Consecutive patients who underwent treatment between May 2014 and February 2023 were identified. We recorded outcomes including: weight at 3-monthly intervals, progressio…
Jan 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-5257.ijgp-23-4772
M. G. D. V. K KiridanaCorresponding author
Childhood obesity is on the rise, mostly in the low-income regions in South Asia including Sri Lanka. Simultaneously, undernutrition also continues to be an ongoing public health issue. The coexistence of childhood obesity with undernutrition has resulted in a double burden of malnutrition in these…
Jul 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-450X.jom-23-4654
Stephanie HodgesCorresponding author
Background Nearly 40% of the adult population in the United States are considered obese by current standards, which equates to approximately 93 million people. Obesity is a chronic disease that is linked to more than 40 other diseases, including hypertension, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and at…
Feb 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3683
Erigene RutayisireCorresponding author
Women in Rwanda are still suffering from overweight and obesity and health-related complications. However, little is known about overweight/obesity prevention knowledge and factors associated with overweight/obesity prevention among women. The aim of this study was to determine knowledge and factors…
Apr 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-20-3269
Seyedeh Nasim HabibzadehCorresponding author
Abdominal obesitywith a big belly is one of the worse type of morbid obesity that is associated with different health failure outcomes. Central obesity leads to an increased risk of health complications such as metabolic syndrome, hypertension, insulin resistance,type 2 diabetes, heart disease and v…
Oct 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-450X.jom-19-2852
EH RadwanCorresponding author
Obesity can be defined as a condition of abnormal or excess fat accumulation in adipose tissue, to the extent that health may be impaired. Fennel is one of the oldest spice plants which widely grows in arid and semi-arid and due to its economic importance and pharmaceutical industry usage. This plan…
Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-450X.jom-18-2484
Eman H. RadwanCorresponding author
Obesity is associated with a number of serious medical complications, which are often referred to as the “insulin resistance syndrome”. The aim of the present study was performed to investigate the possible interaction between a conventional drug used for management of cholesterol and traditional he…
Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-9181.ijnr-18-2530
Fatih OzcelikCorresponding author
Nowadays, obesity is seriously threatening healthy life in all societies, especially in developed societies. Obesity is showing its likely effects through biologically active substances called adipokines. The most familiar of these is leptin. Leptin is synthesized in directly proportional to the amo…
Dec 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2578-8590.ipj-18-2548
Nasim HabibzadehCorresponding author
Obesity generally accounts for a pathophysiology condition at which excessive body fats get accumulated in body parts. Among different - causes, ambient temperature such as cold environment can dramatically develop obesity in different individual. Cold weather influences the hormones that are relate…
May 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-18-2059
John Elvis Hagan Jnr.Corresponding author
Extant epidemiological and social diagnosis information shows an alarming upsurge in the prevalence of overweight and obesity over the last decade in developing countries including Ghana. Despite literature on the dangers and associated risk factors of these two health related constructs is well-wri…
Jan 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-6694.jbbs-17-1850
Mahfouz Al-BachirCorresponding author
Obesity has become a serious health issue worldwide. There is much evidence that obesity among adolescents contributed to worsening blood biochemical profile that leads to development of many non-communicable diseases. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of some cen…
Sep 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-4526.jddd-17-1776
Areti AugouleaCorresponding author
Objectives: The rate of morbid obesity among women of reproductive age continues to rise worldwide. Surgical treatment remains the most effective mean to face it. Anatomical, physiological and nutritional modifications lead to several challenges for pregnancy after bariatric procedures. In spite of…
Jun 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-17-1548
Rachel NicollCorresponding author
A new approach to weight loss and weight loss maintenance is urgently needed, with the global epidemic of obesity leading to ever higher levels of chronic disease. This new approach should be cheap and simple, it should maintain essential nutrients and not deplete lean mass, should have minimal adve…
Nov 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-450X.jom-16-1268
DV MuralidharaCorresponding author
Faculty of Medicine, University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Terengganu
Human obesity is now universal and has drawn serious attention of international academia to unravel its pathophysiology and treatment. In recent years, efforts are being made to understand the complex physiology of both white and brown adipose tissue in detail with relevance to obesity. A large numb…
Oct 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-450X.JOM-16-1009
Syeda Sadia FatimaCorresponding author
Apart from the physical health implications obesity partakes on an individual; it also takes its toll on mental and psychological wellbeing of a person. A vicious cycle starts with hostility based on ‘obesity stigma’, eventually leading the person being stuck in a positive feedback loop. Every attem…
Jul 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-15-806
Badr AbdullGaffarCorresponding author
Background and Objectives: The prevalence of abnormal cervical cytology in morbidly obese women using ThinPrep® liquid-based Pap Test™ and HPV DNA Test™ is unknown. We aimed to investigate whether women with morbid obesity have a higher frequency of abnormal Pap smears compared with nonobese women,…
Jun 2016
Arup Ratan BandyopadhyayCorresponding author
Earlier studies reported significant association of obesity, hypertension and Type2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Genetic and many disease-associated alleles have been identified through GWAS and applied to T2DM and indicated roles of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in insulin signaling pathway and insul…