Obesity and impaired renal function: potential for lifestyle intervention?

Lifestyle Triple P: a parenting intervention for childhood obesity

BACKGROUND Reversing the obesity epidemic requires the development and evaluation of childhood obesity intervention programs. Lifestyle Triple P is a parent-focused group program that addresses three topics: nutrition, physical activity, and positive parenting. Australian research has established the efficacy of Lifestyle Triple P, which aims to prevent excessive weight gain in overweight and o...

Obesity in pregnancy: Epidemiology and development of a lifestyle intervention

Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention in the Treatment of Obesity

This article provides an overview of research regarding adult behavioral lifestyle intervention for obesity treatment. We first describe two trials using a behavioral lifestyle intervention to induce weight loss in adults, the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial. We then review the three main components of a behavioral lifestyle interventio...

Treatment of Morbid Obesity: Intensive Lifestyle Intervention vs. Bariatric Surgery

Thomas Bächler1, Dimitris Papamargaritis2, Marco Bueter1 and Carel W le Roux3* 1Department of Surgery, Division of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland 2Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Leicester Royal Infirmary Hospital, Leicester, UK 3Experimental Pathology, Conway Institute, School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University College ...

Impaired left ventricular function in obesity?

We read with interest the findings of Sasso et al. regarding the effects of insulin on left ventricular function during exercise in obese subjects. The authors conclude that their results ‘suggest a metabolic pathogenesis for the impaired left ventricular function in obesity’. This may be true, but the data they divulge do not support this conclusion. Most importantly, their interpretation that...