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Obesities, Volume 4, Issue 1

March 2024 - 4 articles

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Articles (4)

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
11,239 Views
10 Pages

20 March 2024

(1) Background: Body composition analysis, particularly the assessment of the amount and distribution of body fat and muscle mass in young people, is of considerable clinical importance for the detection of nutritional disorders. (2) Methods: Univers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,214 Views
11 Pages

The Potential Role of Leptin in the Regulation of Maternal Weight during Pregnancy and Its Impact on Neonate Weight and Apgar

  • Daniela G. M. Fonseca,
  • Maria-Carmen N. Souza-Carmo,
  • Raquel N. Ruas,
  • Solange S. Pereira,
  • Lílian Goncalves Teixeira and
  • e Jacqueline I. Alvarez-Leite

7 March 2024

Leptin is secreted by adipose tissue and expressed in several organs, including the placenta. We investigated the influence of leptin in maternal blood on leptin expression and concentration in the placenta and umbilical cord and its influence on fet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,841 Views
15 Pages

The Double Burden of Malnutrition among Adolescents from Zimbabwe: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Ashleigh Pencil,
  • Tonderayi Mathew Matsungo,
  • Thomas Mavhu Chuchu,
  • Nobuko Hongu and
  • Naomi Hayami

(1) Background: The double burden of malnutrition (DBM) is an emerging public health concern among children and adolescents in developing countries. This study investigated the prevalence and factors associated with being underweight and overweight a...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,562 Views
8 Pages

Impact of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on Remission of Metabolic Syndrome, Prediabetes, Diabetes, and Hypertension in Adults Living with Obesity

  • Pierre-Olivier Magnan,
  • Josep Iglesies-Grau,
  • Élise Latour,
  • Valérie Guilbeault,
  • Anil Nigam,
  • Martin Juneau,
  • Louis Bherer and
  • Mathieu Gayda

26 February 2024

Background: Lifestyle intervention programs have long been shown to be effective in preventing cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) such as metabolic syndrome (MS), impaired fasting glycaemia (IFG), type II diabetes (T2DM), and hypertension (HTA). Ho...

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Obesities - ISSN 2673-4168