abstract alzheimer’s disease (ad) is the most common cause of dementia in elderly people. the prevalence of alzheimer diseases is increasing in the world due to population aging. metabolic disease such as diabetes and obesity play important role in alzheimer disease. hyperglycemia can play important role in brain damage. it causes cognitive impairments, functional and structural alterations in ...

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it has previously been demonstrated that circulating levels of leptin show ethnic differences when controlled for the confounding influence of adiposity. this study examined leptin levels in non-obese and obese subjects with type 2 diabetes of african versus caucasian origin. materials and methods non-obese and obese subjects with type 2 diabetes of either african origin living in dar es salaam...

introduction: obesity is a complex health problem. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of regular walking with alternate day fasting (adf) on health-related factors of overweight and obese females.‎  methods: 30 healthy inactive, overweight and obese women were divided randomly into three equal groups.  the groups were: control group (bmi: 30.72±4.40 kg/m2); the experimental grou...

objective: in recent years, the prevalence of overweight and obesity had a significant growth in children. obesity is a serious health problem all over the world. in this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in elementary students in robat-karim, iran in 2014. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 490 female students of elementary sc...

introduction rapid-onset obesity with hypoventilation, hypothalamic dysfunction, and autonomic dysregulation (rohhad) is a rare disease. to date, there have been only few reported cases of rohhad syndrome. conclusions only a few case reports have described rohhad syndrome, and it is therefore difficult to manage. in children with rapid and early-onset obesity associated with hypothalamic-pituit...

background: previous studies on the relationship between sleep patterns and obesity in the elderly are limited and have conflicting results. moreover, few studies have measured sleep patterns objectively. in this study, we investigated objective sleep patterns and their relationship with obesity in the elderly in tehran, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 88 elderly (≥60 years old) w...

background : the demonstration that adipose tissue produces numerous   cytokines increases interest of investigators in their role in the pathogenesis of obesity. resistin is one of those cytokines. there are conflicing reports as cigarette smoking impairs insulin secretion, augments insulin resistance, or has no effect on glucose metabolism. in our study, we intended to examine the relationshi...