Background: To analyze the effects of a single session Muay Thai (MT) on blood pressure and heart rate in adolescents with overweight/obesity. Methods: A total 27 overweight/obesity (12.85 ± 2.08 years), 13 girls 14 boys, performed 60 min MT composed general modality-specific exercises, as well combat at end. Anthropometric measurements were taken body fat (BF) was measured using DEXA. Excess w...

Cerebral serotonin metabolism has an important but controversial role in obesity. However, it is not given enough attention in morbidly obese young adults. We used single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with [I-123]-labeled 2-((2-((dimethylamino)methyl)phenyl)thio)-5-iodophenylamine (ADAM) to investigate changes in serotonin transporter (SERT) availability in 10 morbidly obese young...

Epidemiological evidence of an inverse association between consumption of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC n-3 PUFA) and obesity has been conflicting, even though studies in animal models of obesity and limited human trials suggest that LC n-3 PUFA consumption may contribute to weight loss. We used baseline data from a convenience sample of 476 adults (291 women, 185 men) part...

BACKGROUND Increased protein proportions in the diet combined with energy restriction has been shown to enhance weight loss during dietary intervention. It is not known if the beneficial effect of dietary protein exists in the general population under normal living conditions without a negative energy balance. METHODS A total of 1834 participants (n = 443 men, n = 1391 women) were recruited f...

The total amount and location of fat deposition are important factors in the development of obesity and the metabolic syndrome. To date there have been no reported studies of ethnic and gender differences in body composition and fat distribution patterns in Japanese and Australian young adults. The aim of this study was to assess body composition of young Japanese and Australian Caucasian adult...

BACKGROUND The objectives of this study were to examine (a) the prevalence of overweight/obesity, and (b) the relationship between body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BF) and physical fitness in adolescent and adult female volleyball players. MATERIALS AND METHODS Adolescent (n = 102, aged 15.2 ± 2.0 year) and adult (n = 57, 25.9 ± 5.0 year) players were examined for anthropometric ch...

BACKGROUND Few animal experiments and volunteer-based intervention studies have showed a controversial effect of spicy foods on weight management; however, information is scant on the association between spicy food intake and obesity. This study aims to examine the impact of spicy food on quantitative adiposity measures in the Chinese population; a population with a low prevalence of general ob...

SUMMARY BACKGROUND Very low and low-calorie diets ((V)LCD) are commonly used in the early phase of obesity treatment programmes. Recently, a new formula, Allévo(®), was introduced in Scandinavia. No study has hitherto assessed its efficacy compared to the commonly used (V)LCD Nutrilett(®). OBJECTIVE To compare Allévo(®) with Nutrilett(®) regarding short-term effects on weight and BMI loss,...

OBJECTIVE National body fatness (BF) data for English South Asian and Black children use BMI, which provides inaccurate ethnic comparisons. BF levels and time trends in the English National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) between 2007 and 2013 were assessed by using ethnic-specific adjusted BMI (aBMI) for South Asian and Black children. METHODS Analyses were based on 3,195,323 children age...