scispace - formally typeset
M

Marika J Suttorp

Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles

Publications -  50
Citations -  7696

Marika J Suttorp is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medical encyclopedia & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 50 publications receiving 7346 citations. Previous affiliations of Marika J Suttorp include RAND Corporation.

Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Meta-analysis: surgical treatment of obesity.

TL;DR: The increasing numbers of obese individuals have led to intensified interest in surgical treatments to achieve weight loss, and a variety of surgical procedures have been used (Figure 1), which generates weight loss primarily through malabsorption.
Journal ArticleDOI

Meta-Analysis: Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs for Older Adults

TL;DR: This meta-analysis summarizes data from 53 randomized, controlled trials of self-management interventions for adults with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or osteoarthritis and found statistically significant benefits for some outcomes within conditions.
Journal ArticleDOI

Meta-analysis: Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity

TL;DR: This review of 79 clinical trials involving diet plus the obesity drugs sibutramine, orlistat, fluoxetine, sertraline, bupropion, topiramate, or zonisamide shows that these medications can lead to modest weight reductions of approximately 5 kg or less at 1 year.
Journal ArticleDOI

Diagnosing and managing common food allergies: a systematic review.

TL;DR: The evidence for the prevalence and management of food allergy is greatly limited by a lack of uniformity for criteria for making a diagnosis and a failure to recommend use of immunotherapy.