Obesity is one of the risk factors for developing lymphedema following breast cancer treatment. We prospectively enrolled 140 women and followed the participants for 12 months after surgery to investigate patterns of obesity and lymph fluid level in the first year of cancer treatment. Electrical bioimpedance devices were used to measure weight, BMI, and percent of body fat as well as lymph flui...

Translation from Spanish to English by T.A. Zuur and The Language Workshop ......................................... Received: 05-12-11 Accepted: 12-12-11 Abstract Obesity is considered to be the epidemic of the 21st century. Until now there are no known medical or pharmacological methods to manage obesity in ways that control it and signifi cantly reduce the comorbidities associated with it. B...

obesity with an increasing prevalence rate worldwide is correlated with multiple comorbidities. unfortunately, the currently available therapies such as the pharmacotherapy, bariatric surgery or gene-transfer technology are associated with a number of disadvantages including undesirable side effects, poor compliance or transient effectiveness. therefore, modifications of the lifestyle factors m...

Abstract Objective: This qualitative, cross-sectional study aimed to understand the social representations of obesity and weight loss process in women who underwent bariatric surgery. Methods: Sixteen post-bariatric surgery (between 3 12 months post-surgery) participated semi-structured, face-to-face individual interviews. The Thematic Analysis Braun Clarke (2006) was carried out evaluate data....

Type 2 diabetes is one of the major public health challenges in 21st century. Both environmental changes and genetics are attributed for increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Obesity is the most critical and modifiable risk factor and should be targeted for successful management of diabetes. This review article discusses three main approaches to manage obesity. Three management modalities consider...

In 2012, an expert panel composed of presidents of each of the societies, the European Chapter of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO-EC), and of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), as well as of the chair of EASO Obesity Management Task Force (EASO OMTF) and other key representatives from IFSO-EC and EASO, devoted the joint Medico-Surgical Worksh...

Background: Obesity is a grave public health threat, more serious even than the opioid epidemic. It isassociated with increased risk of several chronic diseases. Bariatric surgery an effective and safe techniquefor treatment morbid obesity co-morbidities related to obesity.Objective: This study aimed evaluate effect lifestyle modification module on patients’ compliancepostoperative bariatric su...

Obesity is a serious public health problem and a particular challenge in people with mental health disorders (Devlin 2000). Bariatrics is the branch of medicine that offers treatment of obesity, and bariatric surgery is an increasingly common intervention for morbid obesity. It is typically requested by the primary care team. Before an individual is considered for surgery, the National Institut...