The Impact of Obesity on Critical Illnesses

Ayalon, Itay; Bodilly, Lauren; Kaplan, Jennifer

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“…The increase in this pathology produces greater mortality, permanent disability, and loss of quality of life in people who suffer from it. This also has repercussions at the societal and health system level, with lower productivity at work, days lost at work due to illness, and increased costs terms of healthcare due to admissions secondary to pathologies triggered by obesity and the pharmacological costs they entail [ 6 , 7 ].…”

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Dietary Intervention on Overweight and Obesity after Confinement by COVID-19

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Background: Obesity has become a public health problem in our society and is associated with many diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemia, respiratory diseases, and cancer. Several studies relate weight loss in obese patients to improved anthropometric measurements and cardiometabolic risk. The objective of our study was to evaluate anthropometric changes, analytical parameters, insulin resistance, fatty liver, and metabolic scales, after a personalized weight loss program, through dietary advice to increase adherence to the Mediterranean diet and a motivational booster via mobile SMS messaging. Methods: Intervention study on a sample of 1964 workers, in which different anthropometric parameters were evaluated before and after dietary intervention: the metabolic score of insulin resistance; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease using different scales; metabolic syndrome; atherogenic dyslipidemia; and the cardiometabolic index. A descriptive analysis of the categorical variables was performed, by calculating the frequency and distribution of the responses for each one. For quantitative variables, the mean and standard deviation were calculated, since they followed a normal distribution. Bivariate association analysis was performed by applying the chi-squared test (corrected by Fisher’s exact statistic when conditions required it) and Student’s t-test for independent samples (for comparison of means). Results: The population subjected to the Mediterranean diet improved in all the variables evaluated at 12 months of follow-up and compliance with the diet. Conclusions: Dietary advice on a Mediterranean diet and its reinforcement with reminder messages through the use of mobile phones may be useful to improve the parameters evaluated in this study and reduce the cardiometabolic risk of patients.

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“…Obesity is an alarmingly increasing global public health problem. In addition, it is becoming a significant economic and health burden [ 1 ]. Obesity is a complicated disease that is characterized by a significant increase in body fat mass.…”

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Evaluation of the Anti-Obesity Effect of Zeaxanthin and Exercise in HFD-Induced Obese Rats

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Obesity is a worldwide epidemic associated with many health problems. One of the new trends in health care is the emphasis on regular exercise and a healthy diet. Zeaxanthin (Zea) is a carotenoid with many beneficial effects on human health. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the combination of Zea and exercise had therapeutic effects on obesity induced by an HFD in rats. Sixty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups of twelve: rats fed a standard diet; rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD); rats fed an HFD with Zea; rats fed an HFD with Exc; and rats fed an HFD with both Zea and Exc. To induce obesity, rats were fed an HFD for twelve weeks. Then, Zea and exercise were introduced with the HFD for five weeks. The results showed that the HFD significantly increased visceral adipose tissue, oxidative stress, and inflammation biomarkers and reduced insulin, high-density lipoprotein, and antioxidant parameters. Treatments with Zea, Exc, and Zea plus Exc reduced body weight gain, triacylglycerol, glucose, total cholesterol, and nitric oxide levels and significantly increased catalase and insulin compared with the HFD group. This study demonstrated that Zea administration and Exc performance appeared to effectively alleviate the metabolic alterations induced by an HFD. Furthermore, Zea and Exc together had a better effect than either intervention alone.

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“…In PNAS, Huang et al ( 4) begin in one specific domain, namely, food. Food preferences are of particular importance because of their great clinical relevance given the worldwide obesity epidemic and the numerous health challenges it creates (9). In addition, they are also of great scientific interest, because they expand the range of reward options that are used and investigated in economic experiments in primates.…”

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Food reward derives from nutrient content and sensory qualities

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2021

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The Impact of Obesity on Critical Illnesses

Cited by 10 publications

References 122 publications

Dietary Intervention on Overweight and Obesity after Confinement by COVID-19

Dietary Intervention on Overweight and Obesity after Confinement by COVID-19

Evaluation of the Anti-Obesity Effect of Zeaxanthin and Exercise in HFD-Induced Obese Rats

Food reward derives from nutrient content and sensory qualities

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