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Maria Luisa Fonte

Researcher at University of Pavia

Publications -  14
Citations -  939

Maria Luisa Fonte is an academic researcher from University of Pavia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ghrelin & Childhood obesity. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 14 publications receiving 756 citations.

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Relationship between smoking and metabolic syndrome

TL;DR: The aim of this review is to critically evaluate how tobacco smoking and obesity interact to reduce life expectancy, and to offer a comprehensive view of this issue that should be useful for clinical practice.
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Prevention of recurrent lone atrial fibrillation by the angiotensin-II converting enzyme inhibitor ramipril in normotensive patients.

TL;DR: Ramipril is effective in preventing relapses of lone atrial fibrillation (LAF) in patients with arterial hypertension or several forms of heart disease in the absence of hypertension and/or heart disease.
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Orthorexia nervosa: relationship with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, disordered eating patterns and body uneasiness among Italian university students

TL;DR: It is shown, rather unexpectedly, that in female students lower scores, corresponding to greater severity, were related to less pathological body image discomfort and obsessive-compulsive signs, while in male students, lower ORTO-15 scores were relatedto less pathological eating patterns, as behaviors and symptoms.
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Association of a history of childhood-onset obesity and dieting with eating disorders

TL;DR: Childhood-onset obesity, gender, maternal history of eating disorders, and dieting were associated with a positive history of EDs at a later age (p < .05); it is important to raise professional awareness of early symptoms ofEDs in children with a history of obesity and treat them accordingly.