Weight Loss - Research News and Information

Monday, September 08, 2008

Weight change over three decades and the risk of osteoporosis in men: the Norwegian Epidemiological Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS).

15 Aug 2008 The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of weight in middle-aged men and subsequent weight change on the risk of osteoporosis three decades later. The authors utilized data from 1,476 Norwegian men... Read more...

Epidemiology of cytokines: the Women On the Move through Activity and Nutrition (WOMAN) Study.

15 Aug 2008 Using multiplex technology, the authors investigated the laboratory and biologic variation of a panel of cytokines (interleukin (IL)-1a, IL-1 receptor antagonist, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, interferon-inducible... Read more...

[Persistent diarrhea and loss of weight during therapy with leflunomide]

Aug 2008 HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS: A 55-year-old woman had suffered from diarrhea and a weight loss of 15 kg over the previous six months. Neither the search for a causative pathogen nor coloscopy had provided a diagnosis.... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Weight Loss'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Improvement in laryngoscopy grade with dramatic weight loss. Sep 2008
• Weight change over three decades and the risk of osteoporosis in men: the Norwegian Epidemiological Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS). 15 Aug 2008
• Epidemiology of cytokines: the Women On the Move through Activity and Nutrition (WOMAN) Study. 15 Aug 2008
• [Persistent diarrhea and loss of weight during therapy with leflunomide] Aug 2008
• Advanced oxidation protein products (AOPPs) in juvenile overweight and obesity prior to and following weight reduction. Aug 2008
• Variations of weight loss following gastric bypass and gastric band. Aug 2008
• Weight loss outcome of revisional bariatric operations varies according to the primary procedure. Aug 2008
• Weight loss and asthma: a systematic review. Aug 2008
• Effect of exercise on 24-month weight loss maintenance in overweight women. 28 Jul 2008
• Weight loss alone improves conduit and resistance artery endothelial function in young and older overweight/obese adults. Jul 2008
• Weight loss and vascular function: the good and the unknown. Jul 2008
• Bodylifting: indications, technique and complications. Jul 2008
• Involuntary weight loss. Does a negative baseline evaluation provide adequate reassurance? Jul 2008
• Gene expression profiling of human skeletal muscle in response to stabilized weight loss. Jul 2008
• Pulmonary gas exchange in the morbidly obese. Jul 2008
• Systematic review of the use of financial incentives in treatments for obesity and overweight. Jul 2008
• Dropping insulin to drop pound. The practice of withholding insulin as a way to lose weight is a serious eating disorder with devastating consequences. Jul 2008
• Weight loss strategies associated with BMI in overweight adults with type 2 diabetes at entry into the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial. Jul 2008
• Effect of weight loss by gastric bypass surgery versus hypocaloric diet on glucose and incretin levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. Jul 2008
• Pedometers aid participation in walking programs, weight loss. Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Weight Loss'

Definition: Decrease in existing BODY WEIGHT.

Descriptor UI: D015431

Alternative terms: Weight Loss; Loss, Weight; Losses, Weight; Weight Losses; Weight Reduction; Reduction, Weight; Reductions, Weight; Weight Reductions;

Related Mesh Headings: Thinness;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethnology;

Tree Number: C23.888.144.243.963; G07.574.249.314.120.200.963;

Online Note: search BODY WEIGHT 1966-88

History Note: 89; was see BODY WEIGHT 1966-88