Racial disparities in obesity treatment

AS Byrd, AT Toth, FC Stanford - Current obesity reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Obesity rates in the USA have reached pandemic levels with
one third of the population with obesity in 2015–2016 (39.8% of adults and 18.5% of youth) …

Adipokines: A gear shift in puberty

D Nieuwenhuis, N Pujol‐Gualdo… - Obesity …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, we discuss the role of adipokines in the onset of puberty in children with
obesity during adrenarche and gonadarche and provide a clear and detailed overview of the …

Trends in general and abdominal obesity in US adults: Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001–2018)

JY Sun, WJ Huang, Y Hua, Q Qu, C Cheng… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Aim This study investigates the trend in general obesity and abdominal obesity in US adults
from 2001 to 2018. Methods We included 44,184 adults from the nine cycles of the …

Maternal obesity increases oxidative stress in placenta and it is associated with intestinal microbiota

C Hu, Y Yan, F Ji, H Zhou - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Maternal obesity induces placental dysfunction and intestinal microbial dysbiosis. However,
the associations between intestinal microbiota and placental dysfunction are still unclear. In …

Pubertal mammary gland development is a key determinant of adult mammographic density

AG Ghadge, P Dasari, J Stone, EW Thompson… - Seminars in Cell & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mammographic density refers to the radiological appearance of fibroglandular and adipose
tissue on a mammogram of the breast. Women with relatively high mammographic density …

Comorbilidades asociadas a mortalidad materna por COVID-19 en México

G López-Rodríguez, M Galván… - Gaceta médica de …, 2021 - scielo.org.mx
Introducción: En México existe una sindemia en las mujeres gestantes, donde coexiste la
epidemia de obesidad y enfermedades crónicas con la de enfermedad por coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity Pillars Roundtable: Body mass index and body composition in Black and Female individuals. Race-relevant or racist? Sex-relevant or sexist?

HE Bays, S Gonsahn-Bollie, C Younglove, S Wharton - Obesity Pillars, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Body mass index (BMI or weight in kilograms/height in meters 2) is the most
common metric to diagnose overweight and obesity. However, a body composition analysis …

A Women's health perspective on managing obesity

VR Johnson, CV Anekwe, TB Washington… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
While the prevalence of obesity in US men and women is nearly equivalent, obesity
management in women requires a different approach that considers age and life stage in …

Use of social media, search queries, and demographic data to assess obesity prevalence in the United States

N Cesare, P Dwivedi, QC Nguyen… - Palgrave …, 2019 - nature.com
Obesity is a global epidemic affecting millions. Implementation of interventions to curb
obesity rates requires timely surveillance. In this study, we estimated sex-specific obesity …

Obesidad, inflamación y embarazo, una tríada peligrosa

PE Miguel-Soca, GEF Díaz, SNG Benítez… - Revista Cubana de …, 2020 - medigraphic.com
Introducción: La obesidad, es un estado común durante la etapa pregestacional y el
embarazo, la cual representa una condición peligrosa para la salud materno-infantil por sus …