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Filter by:The goal of this cross-sectional observational study is to to perform a thorough characterization of the quantitative and qualitative differences in peripheral blood cells, and circulating factors (proteins, metabolites, lipids, extracellular vesicles) in different stages of several metabolic diseases (diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) that share common pathophysiological mechanisms and in comparison with adult healthy controls. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: - Which are the quantitative (number and concentration) and qualtitative (characteristics, functional assays) differences in platelets in patients with metabolic diseases vs subjects without metabolic diseases - Which are the quantitative (number and concentration) and qualtitative (characteristics, functional assays) differences in leucocytes or circulating molecules in patients with metabolic diseases vs subjects without metabolic diseases
This clinical trial aims to compare the adiposity and weight status among mother-child dyads with overweight or obesity who receive the Fam-Ce-HLP intervention with the mother-child dyads with overweight or obesity who did not receive the intervention. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: - Is there a significant difference in the adiposity and weight status of mother-child dyads with overweight or obesity who received the Fam-Ce-HLP intervention compared with the mother-child dyads with overweight or obesity who did not receive the intervention? - Is there a significant difference in the health behaviors, obesity stage level, and ripple effect of mother-child dyads with overweight or obesity who received the Fam-Ce-HLP intervention compared with the mother-child dyads with overweight or obesity who did not receive the intervention? Participants will be asked to attend a seven-month program comprising two primary therapies: a three-month intensive behavioral therapy (IBT) and a four-month maintenance behavioral therapy (MBT). Researchers will compare the intervention group with the treatment-as-usual group (control group) to see if there is a difference in adiposity, weight status, health behaviors, obesity stage level, and ripple effect.
The ultimate aim of this project is to establish a validated strategy that allows for personalized intervention in adolescents (11 to 17 years) whom are assigned a state of overweight or obesity. The investigators will assess the following hypotheses: - Weight condition is reflected by the fecal metabolome (WP1) - Emotional stress is implicated in weight condition (WP1) - Functionality of the gut microbiome is related to the diet-stress-obesity axis (WP2) - Dietary pattern impacts the fecal metabolome and gut microbiome (WP2) - Personalized dietary intervention outperforms generalized dietary approaches (WP3) Participants will: - Produce a saliva, stool and hair sample - Fill in questionnaires regarding mental health, medical health and demographic information - Fill in a food frequency questionnaire and a 24-hrecalls - Be measured (height, weight, fat% and waist circumference) The samples will be analyzed using a technique called metabolomics to identify biomarker candidates with diagnostic and/or prognostic potential. Additionally, microbiome analysis will be performed to map the microbiome of all groups.
To establish an obesity specific disease cohort database and form a special disease cohort, so as to provide guarantee for carrying out high-quality real-world clinical research and clinical research.
To investigate the efficacy of Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Agonist (GnRHa) plus letrozole in obese progestin-insensitive atypical endometrial hyperplasia (EAH) patients.
BACKGROUND: Binge eating disorder (BED) is the worldwide most-prevalent eating disorder. It is associated with psychiatric comorbidities and obesity, a high impact in life functioning, and high morbidity and mortality. First symptoms appear frequently in youths, who most commonly present incomplete (subthreshold) criteria for BED (precursor forms, PREC-BED). While some subjects will evolve from PREC-BED to BED, there is no gold standard to identify the clinical evolution. Information from prior studies suggest early alterations in reward and inhibitory brain circuits in PREC-BED may predict increased vulnerability or resilience to develop BED. Tools based on MRI brain connectivity analyses (MRI-BC), built on robust and interpretable connectivity whole-brain models, have proven successful in diagnostic classification and predicting certain clinical outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To study MRI-BC diagnostic markers of PREC-BED and to explore prognosis at 1 year of follow-up in a sample of adolescents with obesity (12-17 years old). METHODS: A) Transversal analytical design: 3-group (n=34 per group) comparison of neuroimaging (MRI-BC), neurocognitive and clinical markers in adolescents with obesity and i) BED, ii) PREC-BED, iii) no BED nor PREC-BED (Healthy group, HC). B) Longitudinal analytical design, pilot, exploratory: adolescents with PREC-BED will be evaluated in clinical and neurocognitive variables at 1 year. Baseline brain neuroimaging variables (alone and in combination with clinical and neurocognitive variables) will be analyzed as predictors of clinical prognosis, including conversion to BED.
The overall aim is to identify the dietary pattern for prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes. The specific aim of this pilot project is to compare effects of two diets with different diurnal distribution of carbohydrates and protein on the glucose metabolism in subjects with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes and its effects on inflammatory status.
To investigate the efficacy of GnRHa plus letrozole in obese progestin-insensitive EEC patients.
The epidemic of overweight and obesity presents a major challenge to chronic disease prevention and health across the life course around the world. [1] Bariatric surgery has proved to be an efficient intervention in the management of obesity. As a result, the number of post-bariatric surgery patients in the population is growing [2]. Postoperative analgesia presents various challenges in vulnerable patient groups suffering from obesity. With the high potential risk of respiratory depression and postoperative pulmonary complications associated with opioid use, such as atelectasis and pneumonia, the availability of other pain management modalities is essential [14]. Ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is a regional anesthesia technique where local anesthetic agent is injected deep to the erector spinae muscle to fascial plane and allowed to diffuse caudally and cranially. It is supposed to provide both visceral and somatic abdominal analgesia [3]. ESPB is effective, easy to perform, and can be performed in a short time. [4] It has been shown efficacy in different conditions such as thoracic surgery, trauma, cardiac surgery, breast surgery, and abdominal surgery [5]. However, the main concern with the ESPB block is feasibility together with the potency of the block in challenging populations, such as patients suffering from obesity. Peripheral nerve blocks in the obese may pose challenges, like difficulties in proper patient positioning and landmark identification. However, Ultrasound guidance may help overcome many difficulties in regional techniques. But as expected, targets are more deeply situated in obese patients and the ultrasound beams are attenuated as they travel a greater distance through tissue layers. Additionally, when crossing a tissue boundary, a portion is reflected back to the transducer creating artifacts like speckling and clutter which are particular problems in the obese patient. [15] Few studies examined the use of ESPB in bariatric surgery [3,6,7], all indicating potential benefits of the technique in terms of opioid sparing and pain control. To date, the efficacy of ESPB has not been examined in superobese patient. So we aim to compare the perioperative analgesic effect of bilateral ultrasound-guided ESPB with controls, Local bupivacaine infiltration to the trocar sites, in super obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery We hypothesis that ESBP provides good applicable modality of perioperative analgesia for superobese patients undergoing bariatric surgeries.
The increase in childhood obesity is a multifactorial phenomenon influenced by dietary patterns, commercial factors, and social determinants; it has long-term consequences for both individual health and society as a whole. Despite recommendations for maintaining good health throughout life and promoting the Mediterranean Diet, due to the increased availability of ultra-processed and more appealing foods, children and adolescents are shifting towards a "Western" diet. One in four children consumes sugary and carbonated drinks every day, which contributes to a high intake of fructose in the diet, while fruits and vegetables are consumed less, and legumes are included in the diet of only 38% of children less than once a week. Fructose is a monosaccharide naturally found in fruits, vegetables, and honey; due to its high sweetness and taste-enhancing properties, fructose is widely used in the food industry. High-fructose corn syrup, in particular, is one of the most widely used ingredients in the production of soft drinks, jams, breakfast cereals, and bakery products. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), now also called metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), is considered the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome and currently represents the most common chronic liver disease in pediatric age in Western countries. Recent studies suggest that fructose consumption is implicated in the development of NAFLD both directly by providing metabolites that can be used for triglyceride and free fatty acid synthesis, and indirectly through increased uric acid production. High-fructose foods also appear to be a risk factor for bone loss. Numerous studies conducted over the past 25 years, during which fructose consumption has exponentially increased, have shown that this sweetener tends to increase the incidence of fractures and osteoarthritis and decrease bone mineral density (BMD) and new bone tissue deposition. The objective of this study is to understand the effect of fructose on the molecular events that contribute to the evolution of the pediatric age, and its effective relationship with the onset of liver and osteoarticular complications in this population. Understanding the mechanisms of fructose regulation and its effects on the body could be an important target to address the clinical and social problems arising from its spread in children.