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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases"”.
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The Waist to Height Ratio is a Better Anthropometric Index of Abdominal Obesity and its Association with the Prevalence of Diabetes Among Asian Americans
… Asians with non-Asians in the United States and compare WC and WHtR as predictors of diabetes. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-14 was analyzed using SAS 9.2. There were 8,615 adult non-pregnant non-Asians and 1,224 Asians included in this study. …
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Screening for Eating Disorders Utilizing the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
… disorders, in the form of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, have been recognized as significant mental-health issues for the last three decades, and the incidence is rising as we approach the new millennium. Currently, many women who come into a mental-health setting due to depression, …
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Inclusion of Olive or Coconut Oil in a High-Fructose High-Fat Diet Increases Liver Injury in a Pig Model of Pediatric NAFLD
… Iberian pigs housed in pens balanced for weight and sex were randomly assigned to receive 1 of 3 hypercaloric high-fructose high-fat (HFF) diets for 10 weeks: 1) lard (LAR; n=5 pens), 2) lard + olive oil (OLI, n=10), and 3) lard + coconut oil (COC; n=10). Additional pigs (BSL, n=4) were fed a …
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Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of the Muscle Dysmorphia Inventory
… women have been the focus of eating disorders and body image research. With women being the focus of research in these areas, disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) have caught the eyes of researchers. With this new discovery, there has been a …
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Third Trimester Plasma Metabolites Associated with Gestational Diabetes: An Ancillary Analysis of the Healthy Beginnings Trial
… results in complications affecting both mother and child. The implementation of metabolomics to assess metabolite alterations is needed to better understand its etiology. Prior research by our lab in first trimester samples of GDM patients indicated altered fatty acid utilization and purine …
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Diabetes Status, Predisposing, Enabling, and Oral Health Illness Level Variables as Predictors of Preventive and Emergency Dental Service Use
… was to clarify the relationship between diabetes and dental service use. This study addressed the question of whether individuals with diabetes are more or less likely to utilize dental services, measured in terms of preventive and emergency services during the past year. A cross-sectional study …
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Effects of eccentric versus concentric resistance training in adults with Type 2 Diabetes
… muscle strength, physical functional performance and body composition. Eighteen adults with T2D (Age: 64.8 ± 9.0 y; BMI: 30.3 ± 4.1 kg/m2) were randomly assigned to either an ECC (n = 9) or a CON (n = 9) group. Participants performed 2 or 3 sets of 10 eccentric (5-s) or concentric (2-s) …
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Modeling Therapeutic Strategies for Diabetic Pathologies
<p>No abstract available</p>
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The Impact of Treatment With Palynziq® On Quality of Life For Individuals With Pku
… recommended range (μmol/L). The time commitment and financial, emotional, and social burdens of adhering to a restrictive diet, as well as the neurocognitive symptoms associated with elevated Phe levels, make it challenging to manage PKU and lead to reductions in quality of life. …
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NCAA Division I Head Coaches' Experiences with Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating in Female Athletes: A Qualitative Analysis
… is an inverse relationship between body size and performance level (Petrie & Sherman, 2007). Additionally, coaches have unrealistic expectations about weight and body image, which adds pressure on athletes to conform to certain weight or image driven standards. Perceptions that coaches hold …
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Cold-Induced Metabolic Changes in Lean, NAG-1 Transgenic Mice
<p>Obesity is a multifaceted metabolic disorder with severe worldwide public health consequences. While obesity can often be treated using diet and exercise, there are complex genetic interactions driving obesity that don’t always respond to such changes. One important research focus for addressing …
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The Effects of Curcumin On Body Composition of Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
… among patients with advanced pancreatic cancer and is a marker of poor prognosis. Weight loss in cachexia is due to both adipose and muscle compartments, and sarcopenia (severe muscle depletion) is associated with worse outcomes. Curcumin has shown a myriad of biological effects, including …
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Screening of multi-omics biomarkers for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among Chinese population
… an independent risk factors for T2DM development and the development of predictive biomarkers for increased FPG level are crucial in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised medicine (PPPM) of T2DM. Established diagnostic tools for T2DM includes the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), fasting blood …
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Evaluation of Endothelial Cell Responses to Elevated Glucose
… to high glucose conditions. Interleukin 6 (IL-6) and Cluster of Differentiation 36 (CD36) were selected to signify oxidative stress activity, a hallmark of diabetic macrovascular disease. Next, activity of potential reference genes B2M, HPRT1, and ACTB was assessed. All genes were found to exceed …
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Spatial Distribution of Obesity among West Virginia 5th Grade Children: Analysis of the Socioeconomic, Physical, and Personal Environment
… the 95th percentile for children of the same age and sex, is considered an epidemic in the United States. Biology and lifestyle behaviors have been identified as important factors in the development of childhood obesity; however, researchers are beginning to place more emphasis upon the impact …
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Chronic Stressors, Obesity Pathogenesis, and the Moderating Effect of Internalized Weight Stigma; a Quantitative, Illinois Study
… problem with a complex web of determinants and outcomes. While generally higher for minoritized populations, prevalence rates manifest in surprising, nonlinear patterns. There is no consensus regarding treatment protocols or mitigation efforts, except that current efforts remain largely …
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“The Holy Grail of PKU Support”: Exploring the Psychosocial Impacts of Camps for Kids with Phenylketonuria
… such as social isolation, bullying, frustration, and embarrassment, largely due to the strict diet used to manage the condition. Disease-specific camps (DSCs) allow children with chronic and/or life-threatening conditions to enjoy a typical camp experience in a medically safe environment. The …
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Pursuing Equity in Diabetes Population
… (HbA1c >8) overtime leads to microvascular and macrovascular complications after the first and third years respectively, ultimately resulting in death after five years (Karter, 2016). Current Kaiser Permanente (KP) data stratified by race, ethnicity, age, and gender shows a significant …
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Development of a Pediatric Model of Nafld in Neonatal Iberian Pigs
… characterized by hyperleptinemia, hyperphagia, and extreme adipogenesis. We hypothesized that neonatal Iberian pigs fed a high fat high-fructose (HFF) diet will develop a pattern of liver injury resembling pediatric NAFLD. In addition, we sought to determine if a mixture of probiotics would …
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The Relationship Between Vitamin D Status of Adult Women and Diet, Sun Exposure, Skin Reflectance, Body Composition, and Insulin Sensitivity
… disease strengthens suggesting vitamin D’s candidacy in the prevention and treatment of multiple disease states and their complications. Dietary guidelines, however, do not take sun exposure into account. The present study sought to explore the impact of sun exposure on vitamin D status …
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