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Esophageal Manometry and pHmetry Profile in Obese Patients Selected for Bariatric Surgery
(SAGE Publications, 2023)
Background: Obesity is a highly prevalent disease and risk factor for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) which could predispose to esophageal motility disorders. Few studies exist regarding manometric and phmetric ...
Vocal Characteristics of Patients With Morbid Obesity
(2019-01-01)
Introduction: Obesity modifies vocal characteristics, causing abnormal fat deposition in the abdominal region and upper airways. For some authors the voice of the obese is not different from nonobese and the vocal symptoms ...
Evaluation of plaque index, gingival index and oral health-related quality of life in obese patients
(Facultad de Odontología. Universidad de Costa Rica, 2023)
Response to Chemotherapy in Overweight/Obese Patients With Low-Risk Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia
(Lippincott Williams &wilkins, 2015-05-01)
Objective Despite rising global obesity rates, the impact of obesity on gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) remains uninvestigated. This study aimed at investigating whether overweight/obesity relates to response to ...
Changes in gene expression in PBMCs profiles of PPAR alpha target genes in obese and non-obese individuals during fasting
(Karger, 2015-01-01)
Background: The prevalence of obesity has risen dramatically and the World Health Organization estimates that 700 million people will be obese worldwide by 2015. Approximately, 50% of the Brazilian population above 20 years ...
The burden of abdominal obesity with physical inactivity on health expenditure in Brazil
(2015-01-01)
The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between the clustering of physical inactivity with abdominal obesity and public health care expenditure in Brazilian adults. The sample was composed of 963 patients ...
Effects of a multidisciplinary program on morbid obese patients and patients with comorbility who are likely to be candidates for bariatric surgery
(2015)
Introduction: Morbid obesity is a disease that must be treated comprehensively (i.e. multi/interdisciplinary). Bariatric surgery is an effective and secure procedure for treating this health condition
Analysis of medical appointments for patients with overweight and obesity in a public hospital of Lima, Peru: a cross-sectional study of audio-recorded consultations
(SAGE Publications, 2022)
Objective: To describe the content of overweight and obesity counseling performed in a public Peruvian hospital. Methods: We audio-recorded 40 visits of patients with overweight or obesity from the internal medicine, ...