BACKGROUND/AIMS Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in obese children, and obese children tend to respond poorly to vitamin D supplementation. The objective of the study was to compare the response to vitamin D(3) supplementation (2,000 IU once daily for 12 weeks) between obese and non-obese Caucasian adolescents. METHODS The study design was open label non-randomized. It was carried out...

Acne vulgaris is a multifactorial disease affecting a majority of the adolescent population. The objective of this study was to test for a correlation between fasting serum lipid profiles and levels of testosterone, insulin, leptin, and interleukin 1-beta (IL-1beta) and the incidence of severe acne vulgaris in obese adolescent females. Four groups of adolescent females were studied: obese with ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to observe the variation of energy intake and energy expenditure in the obese Chinese children. METHODS Basic metabolic rate was measured by using open-circuit indirect calorimetry in 54 obese children and 60 non-obese children aged 10-12 years in a full- time boarding school in Guangzhou suburb, China. Total energy expenditure was estimated by using ...

BACKGROUND A clear relationship between asthma and obesity has been reported, but the mechanisms remain unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of obesity on eosinophil activity (chemotaxis and adhesion) in asthmatic children and adolescents compared with cells from healthy volunteers. METHODS Asthmatic obese (AO), asthmatic non-obese (ANO), non-asthmatic obese (NAO) and ...

INTRODUCTION Single-incision pediatric endosurgery (SIPES) is gaining popularity and has been reported to be safe in acute (non-perforated) and perforated appendicitis. The feasibility of SIPES appendectomy in obese children is uncertain. MATERIALS AND METHODS After IRB approval, data were collected from a prospectively maintained SIPES appendectomy database for cases performed between April ...

Since a fact-finding survey was conducted in 2004 all over Japan on the eating habits of psychiatric patients living at home, and the results showed that 44.6% of the patients were obese. We carried out a study of dietary factors associated with obesity in patients with schizophrenia living at home in order to develop a dietary education program. Twenty obese patients and 20 non-obese patients ...

This study investigated differences in physical fitness and academic attainment obese non-obese adolescent handball players. A total of 31 males (age: 15.5 ± 1.2 years; body mass: 77.8 17.7 kg; height: 1.71 0.10 m; mass index (BMI): 26.8 6.9 kg/m2; fat: 26.4 6.34%) from the Qatar first division participated were divided into two fat percentage (%BF) groups (i.e., or non-obese). Anthropometrics ...

Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP) contributes to incretin effect of insulin secretion which is impaired in Type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to introduce a simple meal test for evaluation of GIP secretion and action and to examine GIP changes in Type 2 diabetic patients. Seventeen Type 2 diabetic patients, 10 obese non-diabetic and 17 non-obese control persons hav...

The impact of obesity on surgical outcomes in endometrial cancer patients has been well studied; however, the economic burden attributable to obesity in these patients has not yet been reported. In this study, we sought to compare direct hospital costs for obese and non-obese women undergoing surgical treatment of uterine malignancy (UM). The University HealthSystem Consortium database was quer...