Browsing by Subject "Obesity"
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(2015-09-11)Department: Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsObjective: Obesity has become a major worldwide health issue over the past few years and often leads to insulin resistance (IR) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Macrophage accumulation in adipose tissue (AT) during obesity ...
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(Public Health Nutrition, 2020-02)Objective: The present study aimed to examine the association between dietary pattern and the risk of high blood pressure (BP) and to estimate the attenuated effect by gender and obesity on the association using data from ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2006)Childhood obesity is a significant public health problem that also has economic consequences. Medical research suggests that nutritional interventions at a young age can influence nutritional behavior and reduce childhood ...
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(2017-08-26)Department: Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsHaploinsufficiency of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) is the most common monogenetic obesity syndrome in humans. This syndrome is associated with a reduction in autonomic tone, bradycardia, hyperinsulinemia and a reduced ...
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(2016-04-19)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyObesity is a serious health issue in the United States as well as worldwide and contributes to several other disorders such as cardiovascular diseases, type II diabetes and asthma. However, the impact of obesity on immune ...
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(2020-08-06)Department: Biomedical EngineeringImmunotherapy is life-saving for some cancer patients and while obesity can promote cancer, it may also increase immunotherapy efficacy. Mechanisms of this effect have been unclear, although obesity can promote an ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04)The study examined the relationship between obesity and depression, conduct disorder, and substance abuse in adolescents using data from the 2008 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Depression at baseline was ...
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(BMC Medical Genetics, 2020-02-14)Background Epigenetics could facilitate greater understanding of disparities in the emergence of childhood obesity. While blood is a common tissue used in human epigenetic studies, saliva is a promising tissue. Our prior ...
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(2022-06-14)Department: Molecular Physiology & BiophysicsNearly half of adults in the United States report having tried to lose weight in the past year, yet approximately 70% of adults are considered overweight. Recent literature supports the notion that weight regain is common ...