BACKGROUND Tissue Polypeptide Specific antigen has recently been proposed as diagnostic marker of apoptosis in NonAlcoholic SteatoHepatitis. The aim of this study was to validate in patients suffering from NonAlcoholic SteatoHepatitis the clinical utility of this marker after different programs of weight reduction. METHODS Overweight/obese patients with visceral adiposity and liver histology ...

BACKGROUND Providing coaches as part of a weight management program is a common practice to increase participant engagement and weight loss success. Understanding coach and participant interactions and how these interactions impact weight loss success needs to be further explored for coaching best practices. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze the coach and participant interact...

Long term studies indicate that the majority of humans regain the weight lost during weight reduction programs. In dogs, while some information is available regarding weight loss programs, no data have been published regarding the ability to maintain lower weight following weight loss. The objectives of this study were to determine the ability of dogs to maintain weight loss following a weight ...

I recently read the editorial comment by Lavie and Ventura (1) with interest but also with disappointment. My disappointment is because several papers from different authors have illustrated that the reported relationship between obesity and survival from heart failure occurs because all of the observational analyses suffer from a very serious bias if one is exploring causal effects—for 2 examp...

Two studies tested whether self-focusing situations influence people to avoid fatty food. In Study 1, college students tasted full-, reduced-, and no-fat cream cheese spreads on bagelettes. A large mirror was present in the room for some students and was absent for the remaining students. In Study 2, shoppers at large supermarkets tasted full-, reduced-, and no-fat margarine spread on bread. A ...