Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: Executive summary
F. X. Pi-Sunyer,Diane M. Becker,Claude Bouchard,Richard A. Carleton,Graham A. Colditz,William H. Dietz,John P. Foreyt,R. J. Garrison,Scott M. Grundy,Barbara C. Hansen,Millicent Higgins,James O. Hill,Barbara V. Howard,Robert J. Kuczmarski,Shiriki K. Kumanyika,R. D. Legako,T. E. Prewitt,A. P. Rocchini,Philip L. Smith,Linda Snetselaar,James R. Sowers,M. Weintrub,Don Williamson,G. T. Wilson,Clinton D. Brown,Karen A. Donato,Nancy D. Ernst,D. R. Hill,Michael J. Horan,Van S. Hubbard,J. P. Kiley,Eva Obarzanek,D. Shriger,E. Chiquette +33 more
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Randomized trial of a multifaceted commercial weight loss program.
TL;DR: Whether a commercial weight loss program promotes greater weight loss in overweight or obese women compared with control conditions is tested and the effect on plasma lipids, carotenoids, hormones, and fitness is described.
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Overweight, obesity and chronic kidney disease.
TL;DR: CKD should be regarded as a major complication of overweight and obesity, regardless of whether the association was independent or through the influence of diabetes, hypertension, CVD, metabolic syndrome and high fructose intake.
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The striking similarities in the metabolic associations of female androgen excess and male androgen deficiency
Héctor F. Escobar-Morreale,Francisco Álvarez-Blasco,José I. Botella-Carretero,Manuel Luque-Ramírez +3 more
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that the most beneficial adipose tissue distribution and function is that of normal women, who have low androgen and high estrogen concentrations, whereas estrogens determine the metabolically safer deposition of body fat into the subcutaneous gluteal-femoral depot in women.
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Current endoscopic techniques in the treatment of obesity
Eduardo Espinet-Coll,Javier Nebreda-Durán,José Antonio Gómez-Valero,Miguel Muñoz-Navas,Jordi Pujol-Gebelli,Carmen Vila-Lolo,Antonio Martínez-Gómez,Antonio Juan-Creix-Comamala +7 more
TL;DR: The development of new endoscopic techniques and improvement in existing designs, suggest an increasingly important role of the endoscopist in the treatment of obesity.
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The effect of laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery on dyslipidemia in severely obese patients
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TL;DR: Laroscopic RYGB improved all lipid parameters studied and decreased the percentage of dyslipidemic patients, and fewer patients were taking lipid-modifying medications postoperatively, suggesting a substantial medication cost savings over time.
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