weight loss/obesity

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine whether baseline sleep duration predicts weight loss outcomes in a randomized controlled trial examining a behavioral weight loss (BWL) intervention among overweight and obese (OW/OB) women with urinary incontinence; and whether participation in the

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of surgically induced weight loss on exercise capacity in patients with morbid obesity (MO). METHODS A prospective 1-year follow-up study was carried out, with patients being their own controls. A symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise stress test was performed

The difficulty in maintaining weight loss during obesity treatment may be caused by a counteracting neuroendocrine response. It has been proposed that leptin could be a regulator of this response. We examined the relations between leptin levels during an initial very low calorie diet, other

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between fasting plasma leptin and 24-hour energy expenditure (EE), substrate oxidation, and spontaneous physical activity (SPA) in obese subjects before and after a major weight reduction compared with normal weight controls. To test fasting plasma leptin,

OBJECTIVE Weight-loss interventions to correct overweight and obesity are very popular but often inappropriate and unsuccessful. METHODS In this review we evaluated studies on body composition changes during and after different medical and surgical interventions aimed at achieving stable weight loss

BACKGROUND Obesity is a risk factor for heart failure (HF) and associated with poor outcomes after cardiac transplantation. We assessed change in total body weight, morbidity and mortality in obese heart failure patients after implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) compared to

The present study tests the hypothesis that specific endocrine, metabolic, and anthropometric features distinguish obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who resume ovulation in response to calorie restriction and weight loss from those who do not. Fifteen obese (body mass index 39 +/- 7

OBJECTIVE Obesity is a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia. Whether weight loss improves cognition in older obese adults is not known. The objective was to investigate the effects of intentional weight loss on physical and cognitive function in middle-aged and older obese adults attending

BACKGROUND Obesity in midlife is a risk factor for dementia, but it is unknown if caloric restriction-induced weight loss could prevent cognitive decline and therefore dementia in elderly patients with cognitive impairment. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the cognitive effect of intentional weight loss in

We assessed variations in and correlates of weight-loss success (WLS) among overweight/obese women in Mexico (WIMX) and Mexican-American women (MA). We used cross-national data from 2006 ENSANUT (Mexico) and NHANES (2001-2008) to compare 5061 WIMX with 550 MA's without known metabolic conditions.

Existing data are contradictory on the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in women with severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 35 kg/m² ), and there are few studies investigating the effect of weight reduction in

To combat the increasing incidence of obesity, much research has been devoted to devising successful strategies for weight loss, including manipulation of diet and gastric surgery. Obesity itself can be associated with renal dysfunction, and the degree of reversibility of this with weight loss has