BACKGROUND A recent study in children demonstrated that the rs9939609 single-nucleotide polymorphism in the fat mass and obesity (FTO) gene influences prospective weight gain, however, only in those who were vitamin D-deficient. If this might also be the case for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), surgery-induced weight loss is however unknown. The objective of this study is to examine if the mag...

This paper investigates the relation between immunity and hardness in exponential time. The idea that these concepts are related originated in computability theory where it led to Post’s program, and it has been continued successfully in complexity theory [9, 13, 20]. We study three notions of immunity for exponential time. An infinite set A is called • EXP-immune, if it does not contain an inf...

Patients 18 mothers (mean age 25 y, 72% black) of preschool children (mean age 44 mo, 61% girls) were enrolled in a nutrition clinic for women and their children living in low income households. 12 of the mothers (67%) were obese (body mass index [BMI] >30 kg/m, 4 were overweight (BMI >25 kg/m), and 2 were neither overweight nor obese. All of the children had a weight for height percentile (WHP...

introduction: ramadan is a holy month for muslims during which avoid from eating, drinking and sexual intercourse for about 13-17 hours. the aim of this study was surveying the effects of islamic fasting in ramadan on lipid profile and blood pressure.materials and methods: we designed this study in two phases, a week before and a week after ramadan month. eighty nine healthy subjects with 20-50...

This study was designed to investigate the possible beneficial effects of consuming a sodium-rich carbonated mineral water on lipoprotein metabolism and to determine whether consumption of this water influences endothelial dysfunction (ED) in postmenopausal women. Women included in the study were amenorrheic ( 1 y), healthy, and not obese (BMI 30 kg/m). The subjects did not take estrogen replac...

Obesity especially abdominal fat accumulation after menopause is the main reason of metabolic disorders. The effect of different interventions on visceral fat is a matter of importance though. The aim of this experimental study was to investigate the effects of resistance exercise training on body composition in postmenopausal women. Postmenopausal women were divided into experimental (EXP; n=1...

BACKGROUND Obesity rates in Saudi Arabia are amongst the highest in the world. It is known that teenage girls are less active than teenage boys, but less is known about the diet and activity patterns in younger girls. Therefore this study sought to investigate dietary intake and daily physical activity in girls aged 8-11 years old in Saudi Arabia. METHODS This was a cross- sectional observati...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to determine the type and cause of traumatic orofacial injuries in children up to 18 years of age. METHODS This retrospective study involved data collected from 12055 patients that came to Istanbul University, Medical Faculty, Department of Emergency in 2011. The patients' data were evaluated with regard to age, gender, etiologic factor of the trauma, type ...

BACKGROUND Although increased consumption of dietary fiber and grain products is widely recommended to maintain healthy body weight, little is known about the relation of whole grains to body weight and long-term weight changes. OBJECTIVE We examined the associations between the intakes of dietary fiber and whole- or refined-grain products and weight gain over time. DESIGN In a prospective ...