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Morbid obesity in an adolescent with Prader-Willi syndrome
(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2009)
Trends in morbid obesity and in bariatric surgeries covered by the Brazilian public health system
(Oxford, 2008)
Background Obesity is an increasingly serious public health problem on a global level. Morbid obesity, defined as a body mass index greater than 40 kg/m2, is associated with increased mortality and a high burden of ...
Trends in Morbid Obesity and in Bariatric Surgeries Covered by the Brazilian Public Health System
(SPRINGER, 2010)
Obesity is an increasingly serious public health problem on a global level. Morbid obesity, defined as a body mass index greater than 40 kg/m(2), is associated with increased mortality and a high burden of obesity-related ...
Gene polymorphisms and increased DNA damage in morbidly obese women
(Elsevier B.V., 2015-06-01)
Obesity is characterized by increased adipose tissue mass resulting from a chronic imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. Furthermore, there is a clearly defined relationship among fat mass expansion, chronic ...
Voice Feature Characteristic in Morbid Obese Population
(SPRINGER, 2011)
Morbid obesity is highly prevalent in the Western World, and its consequences present a real public health challenge. Voice alterations can represent one of these consequences and represent an opportunity for interference ...
Obesity and symptomatic achalasia
(F D-communications Inc, 2005-05-01)
Weight loss is a frequent finding in achalasia because of the difficulty in swallowing. Although manometric findings compatible with achalasia have been found in morbidly obese patients, all of them were asymptomatic. The ...
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
Menstrual irregularity: a possible clinical marker of metabolic dysfunction in women with class III obesity
(Informa Healthcare, 2010-10-01)
Purpose. To evaluate whether menstrual irregularity in morbidly obese women is indicative of metabolic dysfunction.Patients and Methods. Fifty-seven women with morbid obesity were evaluated. They were divided into two ...