Weight Loss
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Weight patterns in children with higher risk ALL: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG) for CCG 1961.

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