Sentences with phrase «among obese patients»

However, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine claimed that Mediterranean and low - fat diets may work among obese patients in helping them lose weight.

Researchers from New Zealand report that morbidity following liver transplant is highest among obese patients with diabetes, but these risk factors do not influence post-transplant survival.

Previous studies have found an increase in heart - failure - related death among obese patients and also have reported that increased body fat can cause unfavorable changes in the shape and performance of the heart.

Moreover, Johnson and Born have seen an increase in «low - energy» causes of dislocations, especially among obese patients.

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Among these patients, 39.8 percent were overweight and 33.8 percent were obese.

Thus in this study, the authors compared RYGB to an intensive lifestyle and medical intervention (ILMI) for type 2 diabetes, including among only mildly obese patients with a BMI < 35 kg / m2 (above 30 kg / m2 is considered obese, so 30 - 35 BMI is the least severe obesity category among white people).

Among men who received treatment for the potentially deadly cancer, obese patients lived an average of 47 percent longer than those with a healthy body weight, researchers found.

Biased attitudes toward obese patients have been documented among health care professionals; these include perceptions that obese patients are dumb, unsuccessful, overindulgent, and lazy.

Many studies have documented physician bias against obese patients, as pervasive among MDs as it is among the general public.