Purpose The aim of this study was to assess whether gastrectomy influences glycemic control in non-obese diabetic gastric cancer patients and to identify factors related to glucose metabolism after gastrectomy. Materials and Methods We retrospectively analyzed changes in glucose metabolism in 238 non-obese (body mass index < 30 kg/m2) patients with type II diabetes who underwent distal gastre...

Work environment, pressure to be fashionable, and the unattainable images of female perfection promoted in modern commercial culture and the mass media may influence how women evaluate their weight. Beauticians’ profession places particular emphasis on beauty and it might put them at greater risk of dissatisfaction with their weight and body shape. However, there has been relatively little atte...

Aims. To identify prevalence, severity, and environmental determinants of weight loss in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients just prior to time of formal diagnosis. Methodology. IBD patients attending outpatient clinic were questioned about weight loss prior to diagnosis and other environmental and demographic variables. The percentage BMI loss was calculated for each subject and factors ...

The objective was to compare measures from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and anthropometry with a reference four-compartment model to estimate fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) changes in overweight and obese women after a weight-loss programme. Forty-eight women (age 39.8 +/- 5.8 years; weight 79.2 +/- 11.8 kg; BMI 30.7 +/- 3.6 kg/m2) were s...

barhee is considered as one of the most popular date cultivars worldwide. its fruits, because of low tannin content and low astringency can be, and are consumed at khalal stage. due to its high water content and respiration rate, khalal date fruit is very perishable and of low storage life. limited supply, and difficulties involved in marketing of this product, makes one think of new packaging ...

BACKGROUND Most weight loss studies in obese dogs assess rate and percentage of weight loss in the first 2-3 months, rather than the likelihood of successfully reaching target weight. OBJECTIVE To determine outcome of controlled weight loss programs for obese dogs, and to determine the factors associated with successful completion. ANIMALS 143 obese dogs undergoing a controlled weight loss ...

conclusions it seems that the concept of negative-calorie lacks any validity and application. contrary to expectation, efficacy of both weight-loss diets was the same. patients and methods this was a randomized study (the consort statement) carried out at ukrainian center of sports medicine (kiev-2012). participants (n = 66) included sedentary overweight or obese women (age 45-64 years). they w...

introduction: the aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the dissolving efficacy of eucalyptol and orange oil solvents associated with passive ultrasonic activation (pua) in zinc oxide-eugenol (zoe) based and epoxy resin-based root canal sealers. methods and materials: seventy samples of each sealer were prepared and then randomized according to the solvent and the time of the ultrasonic ac...