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Weight Loss
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Definition of 'Weight Loss'Decrease in existing BODY WEIGHT. Common names: Weight Loss; Loss, Weight; Losses, Weight; Weight Losses; Weight Reduction; Reduction, Weight; Reductions, Weight; Weight Reductions |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
13 Dec 2009
BACKGROUND: This retrospective analysis defined and described patterns and predictors of weight change during treatment in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) with high-risk features who received treatment on Children's Cancer Group ... Read more...
Frailty and incidence of activities of daily living disability among older Mexican Americans.
30 Oct 2009
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between frailty status and incidence of disability among non-disabled older Mexican Americans. DESIGN: A 10-year prospective cohort study. SUBJECTS: A total of 1645 non-institutionalized Mexican Americans aged ... Read more...
Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults.
24 Oct 2009
BACKGROUND: Family and friend participation may provide culturally salient social support for weight loss in African American adults. METHODS: SHARE (Supporting Healthy Activity and eating Right Everyday) was a 2-year trial of a culturally specific ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Weight Loss'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Weight patterns in children with higher risk ALL: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG) for CCG 1961.
13 Dec 2009 - Frailty and incidence of activities of daily living disability among older Mexican Americans.
30 Oct 2009 - The interdisciplinary approach to culturally tailored medical care: "Social networking" for decreasing risk: Comment on "The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial" and "Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults".
24 Oct 2009 - Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults.
24 Oct 2009 - [Healthy obese subjects. Is weight loss treatment indicated?]
17 Oct 2009 - [The effect of tesofensine on body weight and body composition in obese subjects--secondary publication]
3 Oct 2009 - The effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review.
29 Sep 2009 - Preventing weight gain: one-year results of a randomized lifestyle intervention.
29 Sep 2009 - Pounds Off Digitally study: a randomized podcasting weight-loss intervention.
29 Sep 2009 - Clinical review of factors leading to perioperative dissatisfaction related to orthognathic surgery.
29 Sep 2009 - Aerobic exercise training reduces hepatic and visceral lipids in obese individuals without weight loss.
29 Sep 2009 - Screening for obstructive sleep apnea on the internet: randomized trial.
29 Sep 2009 - Evaluating gastrostomy feeding on daily setup variations and planning margins in head-and-neck radiotherapy.
29 Sep 2009 - Nutritional problems in children treated for medulloblastoma: implications for enteral nutrition support.
29 Sep 2009 - Family-based treatment of severe pediatric obesity: randomized, controlled trial.
26 Sep 2009 - A randomized study on the effect of weight loss on obstructive sleep apnea among obese patients with type 2 diabetes: the Sleep AHEAD study.
26 Sep 2009 - [Weight loss]
21 Sep 2009 - Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 29-2009. An 81-year-old man with weight loss, odynophagia, and failure to thrive.
15 Sep 2009 - [Weight loss, fatigue, night sweats--tuberculosis might be the reason]
8 Sep 2009 - [Sleep-related breathing disorders]
8 Sep 2009
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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; G07.700.320.249.314.120.200.963;
Online Note: search BODY WEIGHT 1966-88
History Note: 89; was see BODY WEIGHT 1966-88