Articles Tagged With: Obesity
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Behavioral Interventions in Adults for Weight Loss or Weight Loss Maintenance
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force evaluated the risks and benefits of interventions for weight loss and weight loss maintenance to prevent complications from obesity and found a moderate net benefit from weight loss-intensive behavioral interventions.
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Lifestyle Modification for the Prevention and Reversal of Cardiovascular Disease
Lifestyle is a critical determinant of the common risk factors for cardiovascular disease (hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and smoking) that have been well-known to predict disease outcomes. Lifestyle medicine can be used in conjunction with traditional medications to provide the best care to patients. Clinicians need to act now to prevent being overwhelmed with the eventual increase in coronary artery disease following the obesity/diabetes epidemic.
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Childhood Obesity: A Risk Factor for Infertility?
Results from a 25-year prospective study demonstrate a moderate association between childhood obesity before age 12 years and female infertility in adulthood.
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Use of a Low-carbohydrate, Ketogenic Diet to Treat Obesity
Overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. For individuals affected by obesity, clinical studies have shown that carbohydrate restriction, including a low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet, can be a safe and effective treatment. This article includes a narrative review of clinical research studies and a practical description of implementing a “keto” diet for obesity.
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Obesity and Prolapse: Are They Related?
Women with a body mass index in the overweight and obese range are more likely to experience pelvic organ prolapse compared to women in the normal range.
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Cervical Cancer Screening May Be Less Effective in Obese Women
Results from a large retrospective study of women undergoing cervical cancer screening indicate that overweight and obese women had an increased risk of cervical cancer compared to normal weight women.
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Research Examines Weight and Contraceptive Choices: What Does It Mean for Your Practice?
Research indicates that obese women are more likely to rely on female sterilization than on other forms of contraception.
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Obesity: The New Epidemic
Obesity has risen significantly worldwide and is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality in women throughout their lives. Risks include infertility, gestational diabetes, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
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Obesity and Endometrial Cancer
Obesity is a major risk factor for endometrial cancer as well as for other major comorbidities.
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Physical Activity, Exercise, Strength, Aging, and the Pelvic Floor
While exploring broad themes of exercise and obesity, this special feature will focus on physical activity in relationship to the pelvic floor.