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Cintia Cercato
Researcher at University of São Paulo
Publications - 52
Citations - 1143
Cintia Cercato is an academic researcher from University of São Paulo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Obesity & Weight loss. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 43 publications receiving 848 citations.
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Cardiovascular risk and obesity
TL;DR: Pharmacological treatments are often needed to insure weight loss and weight maintenance as adjuncts to diet and physical activity in people with obesity and overweight patients.
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Cognitive Effects of Intentional Weight Loss in Elderly Obese Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Nidia Celeste Horie,Valéria Trunkl Serrao,Sharon Sanz Simon,Maria Rita Polo Gascón,Alessandra Xavier dos Santos,Maria Aquimara Zambone,Marta Merenciana del Bigio de Freitas,Edecio Cunha-Neto,Emerson Leonildo Marques,Alfredo Halpern,Maria Edna de Melo,Marcio C. Mancini,Cintia Cercato +12 more
TL;DR: Intentional weight loss through diet was associated with cognitive improvement in patients with MCI, and changes in homeostasis model assessment-estimated insulin resistance, C-reactive protein, leptin and intake of energy, carbohydrates, and fats were associated with improvement in cognitive tests.
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Systemic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia in relation to body mass index: evaluation of a Brazilian population
Cintia Cercato,Marcio C. Mancini,Ana Maria Carvalho Arguello,Vanessa Q. Passos,Sandra M.F. Villares,Alfredo Halpern +5 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of systemic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypertriglyceridemia, and low HDL-cholesterol levels increased along with weight, but the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia did not.
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Obesity and obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.
TL;DR: There is no specific drug therapy available with proven efficacy for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea‐hypopnea syndrome, and obesity treatment must be emphasized, including lifestyle changes, anti‐obesity drugs and bariatric surgery.
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A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study of the long-term efficacy and safety of diethylpropion in the treatment of obese subjects
Cintia Cercato,V A Roizenblatt,C C Leança,Adriano Segal,A P Lopes Filho,Marcio C. Mancini,Alfredo Halpern +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the efficacy of Diethylpropion on a long-term basis, with emphasis in cardiovascular and psychiatric safety aspects, and concluded that DietHylPropion plus diet produced sustained and clinically significant weight loss over 1 year.