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Filter by:Aims-objectives: This study assessed the effect of the Solution Focused Approach (SFA) interview technique on overweight/obese adolescents' nutrition-exercise attitudes and behaviors. Background: Obesity is a serious health problem for all age groups, particularly adolescents; therefore, it is important for adolescents to develop healthy nutrition habits, acquire exercise behaviors. Unless healthy nutrition-exercise behaviors are acquired, obesity can develop in adolescence, continue in adulthood. Focusing on solutions can be effective for overweight/obese adolescents to develop healthy nutrition-exercise behaviors. Design: A pretest-posttest randomized-controlled trial design was used. Methods: The study included 32 overweight/obese adolescents (16 for intervention group, 16 for control group) aged12-13 years who attended a health center, met the inclusion criteria. The SFA interview technique was applied to the intervention group. Eight solution-focused interviews were conducted with each adolescent at two-week intervals (interview length 30 to 45minutes). For each group, anthropometric, metabolic measurement follow-ups were conducted in the first and sixth months. The data were evaluated using independent samples t-test, Mann-Whitney U, Wilcoxon test respectively for normally, non-normally distributed variables. The categorical variables were compared using chi-square test. The value p<0.05 was accepted to be statistically significant.
Postmenopausal women, as men, are more prone to central or android obesity than premenopausal women. Abdominal fat mass accumulation is associated with an increase of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Most exercise programs designed for weight loss have focused on about 30 min several times per week of moderate intensity continuous training (MICT). Disappointingly, such exercise programs have led to either none or low fat loss. Accumulating evidence suggests that high intensity interval training (HIIT) should be an effective exercise protocol for reducing body fat of overweight individuals, especially at the abdominal level. Resistance Training (RT) is associated with increased muscle mass and strength gain in main muscles groups. Thus, RT seems to be an interesting strategy to fight against deconditioning and autonomy loss with age. Development of muscle mass enhances resting metabolism rate. Thus, RT could raise daily energy expenditure ie. substrates' oxidation including lipids. The aim of our study was to compare the effects of a 12-week moderate intensity continuous training (MICT) program with high intensity interval training (HIIT) program combined or not with a resistance training (RT) program on total abdominal and visceral fat mass and substrate utilization in postmenopausal women. It is hypothesized that HIIT compared to MICT program would result in significantly greater whole body and regional fat mass losses (abdominal and visceral) and would improve lipid oxidation at rest and during prolonged moderate exercise. It is also hypothesized that HIIT associated with RT could be the best strategy to reduce fat mass.
This study addresses two challenges seen among African American (AA) participants during previous weight loss and dietary interventions aimed at reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk: poor weight loss results and high attrition rates. Investigators will target both of these challenges by using a randomized design to compare a plant-based dietary intervention (vegan diet) vs. an omnivorous (omni) diet and by focusing on culturally-tailored food choices for AA adults living in the South. Therefore, the objective of the study is to conduct a culturally-tailored, randomized trial examining how a vegan diet affects CVD risk factors and weight as compared with an omni diet. The study will randomize overweight AA adults (n=130) to follow one of two different diets (vegan or omni) for 24 months. Investigators will accomplish objectives and test hypotheses by following two specific primary aims: Primary Aims: Using a randomized design, determine the impact at 12 months of two different, culturally tailored diets (n=65 omni and n=65 vegan) on changes in: 1. Risk factors for CVD, including LDL cholesterol and blood pressure; and 2. Body weight. Secondary Aim 3. Examine long-term changes in CVD risk factors and body weight at 24 months.
Compare the therapeutic effects of exenatide, metformin and their combination for 3 months on reproductive and metabolic improvements of overweight/obese PCOS patients with impaired glucose regulation.
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of noninvasive neuromodulation with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) aimed at enhancing the excitability of the left prefrontal cortex in middle-aged women with excess body weight. This is a randomized, parallel, double-blind study with a duration of 4 weeks. Outcome measures will include changes in performance in a computerized task assessing executive functions, subjective measures of food craving and appetite and changes in body weight.
Primary Objectives: To assess in overweight to obese T2DM patients: - The glucagon receptor occupancy of SAR425899 at two dose levels in the human liver with positron-emission tomography (PET) imaging using [68Ga]Ga-DO3A-VS-Cys40-Tuna-2 as a tracer compound. - The GLP-1 receptor occupancy of SAR425899 at two dose levels in the human pancreas with PET imaging using [68Ga]Ga-DO3A-VS-Cys40-Exendin-4 as a tracer compound. - Pharmacodynamic effects on fasting plasma glucose and biomarkers of lipid metabolism. - Pharmacokinetic parameters for SAR425899 after repeated subcutaneous (SC) doses in plasma. - Safety and tolerability of SAR425899.
Overweight and obesity in preschool children is more and more common and predicts overweight in later childhood and adulthood. A healthy eating pattern with many vegetables decreases the risk to develop overweight. As many food preferences are learned in the first years of life, teaching children to like vegetables from the very start of eating solid foods is essential. Starting baby's first bites of solid foods with vegetables instead of more sweet tastes like fruits may promote vegetable liking. Also, it is important that parents know how to feed their children: e.g., paying attention to whether the child is hungry or full is essential, as is not pressuring them to eat. What is yet unknown is which of these two are more important to promote, to facilitate vegetable liking in young children. Is starting with vegetables most important, or educating parents on their feeding-techniques? And is a combination of both most effective? This study tests which of three interventions is most effective to promote vegetable intake and liking in children up until the age of 3 years: a) a focus on the 'what' (starting with vegetables); b) a focus on the 'how' (listen to your child's cues while feeding); c) a focus on both the 'what' and the 'how'. These three groups will be compared to a control group receiving no advice on how to introduce solid foods on children's vegetable intake and liking.
Determine the effects of reducing whole-body iron stores in overweight/obese subjects (via one-time blood donation) on adipose tissue iron content, factors regulating iron homeostasis and lipolytic rate in adipose tissue, as well as measures of adipose tissue and whole-body insulin resistance. After a screening visit to determine eligibility, subjects will undergo a battery of tests for the determination of primary outcome measures at baseline. They will then donate 1 unit (~500 mL) of blood (at a local blood donation center) and return for a follow-up testing 4 weeks after blood donation. During the 4-week period between study trials, subjects will be required to maintain a stable body mass and not alter their dietary or physical activity habits.
The proposed research will determine the feasibility of delivering two behavioral weight loss interventions for 1 year in adults with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) who are overweight or obese. The study will also compare these two interventions in terms of safety, acceptability, and tolerability. Last, this pilot trial will provide initial insight into a) biological changes and b) changes in kidney growth with each of the two weight loss interventions.
Eight weeks supplementation of alpha lipoic acid (known superantioxidant already produced by the body) will significantly improve metabolic syndrome markers (e.g., excess body weight, blood pressure, glucose, insulin, blood lipids, and self-report measures) in young (18-25 years) overweight or obese males compared to placebo (cellulose starch). If the hypothesis is supported, alpha lipoic acid ingestion could be beneficial in reducing disease risk and enhancing metabolic dysfunction in ethnic individuals. Therefore, the purpose is to establish the impact alpha lipoic acid has on the modifiable markers associated with metabolic perturbations consistent with metabolic syndrome in males.