Sentences with phrase «obesity treatment studies»

This is particularly notable because parental recognition of and concern about child overweight is required for successful recruitment to obesity treatment studies [45].

SurgiCal Obesity Treatment Study (SCOTS): protocol for a national prospective cohort study of patients undergoing bariatric surgery in Scotland

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«Freezing hunger - signaling nerve may help ignite weight loss: Pilot study demonstrates safety of new weight - loss treatment for mild - to - moderate obesity.»

The results of this study suggest that TAK1 should be further explored as a target for obesity treatment.

«We developed this treatment for patients with mild - to - moderate obesity to reduce the attrition that is common with weight - loss efforts,» said David Prologo, M.D., FSIR, ABOM - D, an interventional radiologist from Emory University School of Medicine, and lead author of the study.

The study concludes that current obesity treatments are failing to achieve sustained weight loss for the majority of obese patients.

«Our results provide a large body of evidence demonstrating that the harmine drug class can make human beta cells proliferate at levels that may be relevant for diabetes treatment,» said senior study author Andrew Stewart, MD, Director of the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine.

«Bariatric surgeries are the most effective long - term treatment of obesity that we know of today, and findings from this study or others showing associations between RYGB and increased risk to develop alcoholism are not to say we should not perform these procedures,» Pepino says.

There is good news: obesity doesn't seem to lessen the effectiveness of corticosteroid inhalers, the standard treatment to ease asthma symptoms such as shortness of breath, coughing and chest pain, said Jason Lang, M.D., a pediatric lung specialist and director of the Duke Children's Pulmonary Function Laboratory, who led the study.

«Although in 2010, the International Diabetes Federation recommended surgery for diabetic patients with mild obesity if clinical treatment is not successful, few related studies on this topic have been published,» Soggia said.

One of the study's important goals was to understand the genetic factors that contribute to obesity so that better treatment plans could be developed for obese people, and the researchers write that there is a specific need for more in - depth analysis of obesity in Asians and Asian - Americans.

In humans, Neuropeptide Y functions similarly to sNPF and has been studied as a possible drug target for obesity treatment.

Children with obesity may be more impulsive than those with normal weight, but during family - based behavioral treatment (FBT), the more impulsive of children with obesity may lose more weight, a new study suggests.

The model offers the possibility of carrying out studies that might result in treatments to reverse or prevent diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity.»

As in prior studies among older adults, we found that obesity was associated with a decreased risk of dementia, consistent with the hypothesis that, while obesity in mid-life may increase risk for later - life cognitive decline and dementia, obesity at older ages may be associated with cognitive and other health advantages.25 - 27 The trend toward a declining risk for dementia in the face of a large increase in the prevalence of diabetes suggests that improvements in treatments between 2000 and 2012 may have decreased dementia risk, along with the documented declines in the incidence of common diabetes - related complications, such as heart attack, stroke, and amputations.11 Our finding of a significant decline between 2000 and 2012 of the heart disease - related OR for dementia would also be consistent with improved cardiovascular treatments leading to a decline in dementia risk.

Research may include support for experimental studies that will lead to the understanding of the etiology of obesity and evidence for potential treatments.

This study provides further evidence that BAT is a very important metabolic organ and a potential treatment for obesity - related diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance,» says lead author Kristin I. Stanford, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism.

Brown fat has been studied as a potential treatment for obesity and related health issues.

«There are some data showing that Narcan (a naloxone nasal spray) could be used to treat obesity and this study hopefully encourages further look into that kind of treatment.»

The endocannabinoid system regulates energy homeostasis through G protein — coupled cannabinoid - 1 receptors5, 6 located in the central nervous system and in various peripheral tissues, including adipose tissue, muscle, the gastrointestinal tract, and the liver.7 While peripheral cannabinoid - 1 receptor activation decreases adiponectin production in adipocytes, 8 central cannabinoid - 1 receptor activation in preclinical studies stimulates eating, decreases muscle, and stimulates hepatic and adipose tissue lipogenic pathways in animal models of obesity.9 In genetic and diet - induced obesity, rimonabant, a selective cannabinoid - 1 receptor blocker, reduces overactivation of the central8, 10 and peripheral11, 12 endocannabinoid system8, 10,13 and prevents weight gain and associated metabolic disorders, thus revealing a novel strategy for the treatment of obesity and related cardiometabolic disorders.

In the most recent study, presented last week at an annual conference of obesity experts, researchers gave 387 obese volunteers the balloon treatment or sugar - filled capsules, which were complete with catheters and designed to look like the real thing.

A 2009 study found that 65 % of physician members of the ASBP who responded to a survey prescribe drug combinations that are not FDA - approved for the treatment of obesity.

A wrap - up of 14 studies suggested that chitosan outdoes placebos in short - term treatment of overweight and obesity.

«Human intestinal bacteria have been linked to the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, and scientists have started to investigate whether the intestinal bacteria can play a role in the treatment of being overweight,» explained the study's author, professor Arne Astrup, head of the Department of Nutrition, Exercise, and Sports at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (he shared many of the findings of his remarkable weight - loss research with mbg back in April).

New studies show that simply being outdoors could be an effective treatment for many complaints, from depression and pre-diabetes to high blood pressure and obesity.

Rabast U, Schonborn J, Kasper H. Dietetic treatment of obesity with low and high - carbohydrate diets: comparative studies and clinical results.

The results of this study are part of the reason why pea protein has been promoted as a useful supplement in the treatment of obesity, with its ability to suppress hunger and complete amino acid profile making it a viable option for a high protein diet which have been shown to be effective at combating obesity -LRB-

In recent studies, researchers at Montefiore Medical Center looked at breast cancer patient outcomesand found that, despite state of the art treatment, excess weight or obesity increased breast cancer recurrence by 30 % -50 %!

Many of the studies presented, from the treatment of brain tumors and autism to resolving obesity and eliminating meds in diabetics, were published in mainstream medical journals.

I would like to see further studies on the ketogenic diet for treatment of obesity found in individuals with binge eating or emotional eating disorders considering the effects the ketogenic diet has on satiety and controlling blood sugar levels and cravings.

«this study provides no information whatsoever for treating obesity - developing new treatments and understanding it far deeper.

Strategies of obesity treatment are more successful when support strategies are in place for patient assistance and for ongoing encouragement.24, 25 Also, patients who eat frequent meals outside of the home were excluded from the study, as the use of this intervention would be difficult in restaurants.

«This study provides an important base for establishing new paradigms in treatment, helping us to support or deny long - held casual assumptions in such areas as early spay / neuter, obesity, exercise and dental hygiene on cancer development as well as other non-cancer health outcomes.»

Specifically, her PhD studies will focus on the treatment of obesity, diabetes and hepatic lipidosis in cats.

Obesity researchers who included measures of binge eating in studies on obesity treatment concluded that BWL was effective and that there was no need for specialty therapies.12, 13 Limitations of these studies included small sample sizes, lack of longer - term follow - up, and self - report measures of binge eating rather than the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) semi-structured interview.14 Potential advantages of BWL are that it results in clinically significant short - term weight loss and can be implemented by a wider range of health professionals than a specialty psychological tObesity researchers who included measures of binge eating in studies on obesity treatment concluded that BWL was effective and that there was no need for specialty therapies.12, 13 Limitations of these studies included small sample sizes, lack of longer - term follow - up, and self - report measures of binge eating rather than the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) semi-structured interview.14 Potential advantages of BWL are that it results in clinically significant short - term weight loss and can be implemented by a wider range of health professionals than a specialty psychological tobesity treatment concluded that BWL was effective and that there was no need for specialty therapies.12, 13 Limitations of these studies included small sample sizes, lack of longer - term follow - up, and self - report measures of binge eating rather than the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) semi-structured interview.14 Potential advantages of BWL are that it results in clinically significant short - term weight loss and can be implemented by a wider range of health professionals than a specialty psychological therapy.

Virtual reality — based multidimensional therapy for the treatment of body image disturbances in obesity: a controlled study.