Background: This study tested whether rats with obesity induced by a hypercaloric diet (HD) present higher nutritional, endocrine, and cardiovascular disturbances compared with counterparts with obesity induced by overfeeding ...

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of obesity phenotypes and their association with physical activity levels among diabetic hemodialysis patients. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 84 diabetic hemodialysis ...

The obesity is associated with cardiovascular disorders. The aim of present purpose was test the hypothesis that the diet-induced obesity is able to generate a vascular adaptive response in aortic rings; this response could ...

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 ...

Objective: To analyze which abnormalities in body composition (obesity, sarcopenia or sarcopenic obesity) are related to reduced mobility in older people aged 80 years and older. Methods: The sample included 116 subjects ...

Influence of nutritional variables and obesity on health and metabolism Obesity is a recurring theme in current scientific literature. This can easily be explained by its exponential increase in all layers of society. The ...

The increase in the variety of food choices influences the eating patterns of older adults, which is in turn increases the occurrence of obesity. This study aimed at identifying eating patterns and their association with ...

Obesity can be understood as a comorbidity of increasing systemic impact, including a deficit in the autonomic nervous system. To analyze cardiac autonomic behavior and hemodynamic parameters in obese young people. 92 ...

In Latin American countries, obesity prevalence has increased significantly as a Results: of rapid urbanization and an improvement in socioeconomic conditions. We report the prevalence of overweight and/or obesity and ...