THE PLASMA GLUCOSE AND BLOOD PYRUVATE LEVELS WERE DETERMINED AFTER ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST IN SIX GROUPS OF WOMEN: non-obese and obese controls and in non-obese and obese women receiving glucocorticoid or oral contraceptive therapy. The mean fasting plasma glucose level was similar in all groups, but glucose tolerance was impaired in the obese controls, non-obese women on oral contraceptive...

OBJECTIVES Little research has been performed to examine patient perceptions of weight-related language, especially related to childhood obesity. In this study we assessed parental perceptions of weight-based terminology used by health care providers to describe a child's excess weight and assessed perceived connotations associated with these terms including stigma, blame, and motivation to red...

The study of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in human weight regulation has been constrained by the lack of a noninvasive tool for measuring this tissue and its function in vivo. Existing imaging modalities are nonspecific and intrinsically insensitive to the less active, lipid-rich BAT of obese subjects, the target population for BAT studies. We demonstrate noninvasive imaging of BAT in mice by hyp...

The onset of cold-induced thermogenesis was studied in a strain of mice which produced among their offspring genetically-obese (ob/ob) individuals. A thermogenic response was present in a majority by day 5 after birth. The thermogenic response to cold was measured on days 5, 10 or 15 after birth, and the animals reared and the onset of obesity noted. The correlation between the subsequent devel...

ABSTRACT We analyzed the effect of obesity on daily physical activity (DPA), light-intensity (LPA), moderate-intensity (MPA) and vigorous- intensity (VPA) in children adolescents. Overall, 462 students from a public school (53.6% boys; aged 7-12 years) were involved this one-year longitudinal study. Physical activities sedentary behaviors (SB) reported questionnaire Food Intake Activity Student...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the total daily energy expenditure and physical activity pattern of a group of obese and non-obese Hong Kong children. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTINGS University teaching hospital, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS Eighteen obese children aged 6 to 17 years and 18 age- and sex-matched non-obese children in the local Hong Kong community. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Total...

abstract background: a wealth of study shows that increasing rbmi accompanies with physical inactivity, consequently. the aims of this study were determining the distribution of daily physical activity amount by gender in obese and overweight students methods: this is a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out to determine the distribution of daily physical activity level by genders and re...

BACKGROUND Androsterone glucuronide (ADTG) concentrations have been suggested as a marker of the effects of androgens at the target tissue level. As the mechanism for hyperandrogenemia in obese and nonobese polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may differ, this study compared the different androgen parameters in non-obese compared to obese women with PCOS, and in normal subjects. METHODS Eleven no...