Bouts of intense exercise can lead to cardiorespiratory fitness and decreased risk for cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Certain maternal dietary patterns in pregnancy are associated with differences in child body mass index trajectories from birth to adolescence.
Health wearable devices are effective intervention tools/strategies for reducing body weight and BMI in individuals with overweight/obesity and chronic comorbidities.
Sleep fragmentation and hypoestrogenism were shown to alter fasting nutrient utilization in this study, but not resting energy expenditure.
Hypothalamic obesity can be an acquired condition, either through a malfunctioning hypothalamus or as a result of treatment for a brain tumor.
As activity levels decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of activity switched from organized sports to individualized sports such as biking and walking.
Adults with higher body mass index, especially those with obesity, have an increased risk for severe outcomes in COVID-19.
In this featured study, researchers led by Natalie D. Shaw, MD, of the National Institutes for Environmental Health Sciences, investigate the effect of total body fat on reproductive hormone profiles and on the maturation of the estrogen-sensitive tissues (breast, uterus, urogenital epithelium, growth plates) from early/mid-puberty through menarche.his featured study, researchers led by Natalie D. Shaw, MD, of the National Institutes for Environmental Health Sciences,
This study was launched to analyze the effect of setmelanotide, a melanocortin 4 receptor agonist, on weight loss and hunger reduction in patients with obesity and a confirmed diagnosis of Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) or Alströmsyndrome (AS).
The researchers’ goal was to assess whether appetite-related hormones — fasting leptin, ghrelin, glucagon-like peptide-1, peptide YY — can predict the risk for weight regain.
