Objective: To evaluate the short-term results and complications of unicondylar knee prosthesis in obese patients with medial compartment arthrosis.
 
 Method: Unicondylar was applied to 41 (36 females, 5 males; average age 56 years) BMI >35 for treatment arthrosis. Cementless Oxford phase 3 all patients. Joint range motion before after surgery, VAS, OKS, KSS part 1 2 scores were ex...

BACKGROUND In an exploratory positron emission tomography study of postprandial regional cerebral blood flow, which is a marker of neuronal activity, obese men differed from lean men in several brain regions, including the prefrontal cortex. The subjects received a meal proportional to their body size; therefore, the meal volume was different for each person. OBJECTIVE We investigated whether...

A relationship between blood pressure (BP) and obesity has been found in young adults, but no data are available for adolescents in Kuwait. 257 adolescent (11-19 years) participants were categorized into two groups according to their BMI; 48 nonobese (21 males: 43.7% and 27 females: 56.3%) with mean age of 15.61 ± 2.40 years and 209 obese (128 males: 61.25% and 81 females: 38.75%) with mean age...

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease with articular and extra-articular manifestations, several factors can affect outcome. Objective: To assess the prevalence of obesity in cohort Egyptian rheumatoid patients study its relation to activity manifestations. Patients methods: The included 200 RA patients. Detailed medical history, score (DAS28), VAS, HAQ, were ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate craniofacial morphology in obese adolescents and to compare the morphological data with those of normal adolescents. The study was based on measurements of lateral cephalometric roentgenograms of adolescents who had been diagnosed as obese. Linear and angular measurements were obtained from cephalometric tracings of 27 females (mean age 15.6 +/- 0.83...

BACKGROUND Epidemiologic evidences suggest a strong association between low birth weight and some diseases in adult life ( hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases).Aim of this study was to evaluate the obesity/overweight prevalence in a population of children born small for gestation age, SGA children 400, 208 males and 192 females compared to a population of children born appropriate f...

PURPOSE To describe physical activity (PA) levels by race/ethnicity, age, gender, and weight status in a representative sample of US youth. METHODS Cross-sectional data from the 2003-2004 and 2005-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were combined and analyzed. Youth aged 6-19 yr with at least four 10-h days of PA measured by accelerometry were included (n = 3106). Outcomes i...

Background: Prediabetes is a metabolic condition which is characterized by the presence of higher levels of blood glucose. It can be treated by lowering high blood glucose level and maintaining the healthy lifestyle habits, healthy meal plan and regular exercise. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of prediabetes and to identify the risk factors involved in its progression. Ma...