suma/obesity

The participants are people that come to the thermal baths in order to follow an hydrotherapeutic cure (of about 3 weeks). For the Action group, they also follow a course of therapeutic education where they are given advices on how they should eat and have a regular physical activity. This

Individuals in the United States now consume a substantial proportion of their total energy as added sugars. The consumption of caloric sweeteners has been steadily increasing over the last four decades. The potential health consequences of this practice have been subject to considerable debate. In

Aims: - To develop and evaluate strategies for early detection of type 2 diabetes in different countries and different populations. - To study whether a multifactorial treatment strategy can reduce CVD-mortality and reduce the incidence of macro- and microvascular complications. The treatment

Background Patients with type 2 diabetes are generally treated with metformin and diet as first-line therapy (1). In Sweden sulphonylureas are generally recommended as the next treatment option due to their low cost and evidence for reducing diabetes complications (2). The next line of therapy

ProbioSatys™ is a probiotic nutritional solution containing a commensal Enterobacteriaceae food grade strain, Hafnia alvei 4597. The microbiome is known to play a crucial role in body weight management and metabolic disease. ProbioSatys™ mechanism of action relies on bacterial metabolites that send

This study will evaluate the short-term use of activity tracking devices and their effects on short- and long-term weight loss in adolescents. The investigators plan to establish whether weight loss translates into a change in obesity-related biomarkers associated with adolescent obesity. Each

The secondary objectives of this study are: A. To analyze in obese adolescents, the effect of the addition of vitamin D3 supplementation on metabolic and vascular function. B. To compare the relationships between food intake, metabolic, inflammatory, oxidative stress and vitamin D status, and

Loma Linda University's School of Allied Health Professions in collaboration with the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Department under the Surgery Division is conducting research to evaluate the influence of LactoWise® (a proprietary blend of probiotic and prebiotic - bacillus

This will be a randomized, open-label, controlled, crossover clinical trial in 12 patients. All patients will receive exenatide and undergo the control phase. Following baseline testing, participants will be randomly assigned to treatment order: therapy (exenatide) or control (lifestyle

This randomized controlled trial is designed to determine whether weight losses in a group behavioral weight loss intervention conducted over the Internet are increased with the inclusion of individual, online MI sessions. All participants will receive the same online 6-month group-based behavioral

Obesity is not only highly prevalent among Americans, but even more so among Veterans using VA medical facilities. Failure to assist Veterans in managing weight and sedentary lifestyle affects current treatment and increases future demand for VA health care services. Decreased muscle mass with aging

Obesity is one of the major public health problems globally and it increases the risk of many obesity-associated diseases. Treatment of obesity requires long-term interventions, but nevertheless, it is challenging to provide long-term treatment when resources in real-life health care systems are

We propose to transplant feces from thin, disease-free donors into obese patients undergoing colonoscopy for screening for colorectal carcinoma. We will obtain feces from healthy donors with a BMI of between 21-24, in accordance with the Protocol that was approved by the Israel Ministry of Health.