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Preconceptional and maternal obesity: epidemiology and health consequences.

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For women who are already obese, renewed efforts should be made towards improved management during pregnancy, especially of blood glucose, and increased attention to post-partum weight management.
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This article is published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.The article was published on 2016-12-01. It has received 657 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pregnancy & Gestational diabetes.

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Epidemiology and determinants of obesity in China

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors identified systemic approaches that target both the population-level determinants and individual-level risk factors for obesity in China, including genetic susceptibility, psychosocial factors, obesogens, and in-utero and early life exposures.
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Hypothalamic circuits regulating appetite and energy homeostasis: pathways to obesity.

TL;DR: An overview of the recent knowledge mainly derived from rodent models regarding the CNS-dependent regulation of energy and glucose homeostasis is given, and how dysregulation of the involved neuronal networks promotes overnutrition and obesity is illustrated.

Obesity as an independent risk factor for elective and emergency caesarean delivery in nulliparous women – Systematic review.

TL;DR: The objective of the study was to investigate the association between increasing maternal body mass index (BMI) and elective/emergency caesarean delivery rates and systematic review and meta‐analysis of published cohort studies were used.
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 1999-2004

TL;DR: These estimates suggest that the increases in body weight are continuing in men and in children and adolescents while they may be leveling off in women; among women, no overall increases in the prevalence of obesity were observed.
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Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Marie Ng, +141 more
- 30 Aug 2014 - 
TL;DR: The global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013 is estimated using a spatiotemporal Gaussian process regression model to estimate prevalence with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs).
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Prevalence of childhood and adult obesity in the United States, 2011-2012.

TL;DR: Overall, there was no significant change from 2003-2004 through 2011-2012 in high weight for recumbent length among infants and toddlers, obesity in 2- to 19-year-olds, or obesity in adults.
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Overweight, Obesity, and Depression A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies

TL;DR: A reciprocal link between depression and obesity was found to increase the risk of depression, most pronounced among Americans and for clinically diagnosed depression, in addition to depression being predictive of developing obesity.
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Global nutrition transition and the pandemic of obesity in developing countries

TL;DR: Rapid increases in the rates of obesity and overweight are widely documented, from urban and rural areas in the poorest countries of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to populations in countries with higher income levels.
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