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Health benefits of intentional weight loss / F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer.

Henry Stewart Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection Available online

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Pi-Sunyer, F. Xavier, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Obesity--Treatment.
Obesity.
Obesity--Periodicals.
Physical Description:
1 videorecording (38 min., 59 sec.)
Place of Publication:
London : Henry Stewart Talks Ltd, 2009.
System Details:
video file
Contents:
Introduction
Medical complications of obesity
Obesity is the primary risk factor for diabetes
Age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension vs. BMI
Metabolic syndrome: clinical identification
Twin epidemics: parallels in prevalence
Obesity and coronary heart disease mortality
Intentional weight loss and its health benefits
Data supporting life-style intervention
Weight loss and cardiovascular risk
US diabetes prevention program
Study interventions
Characteristics by treatment group assignment
DPP: lifestyle intervention
Dietary factors that affect energy intake
Weight-Reducing diet - recommended nutrients
DPP: effect of interventions on weight
DPP: mean change in leisure physical activity
DPP: cumulative incidence of diabetes
Mean change in blood pressure
Mean change in lipids (1)
Mean change in lipids (2)
Thrombogenic and inflammatory risk
Mean change in TPA
Mean change in fibrinogen
Mean change in CRP
CRP levels in obese postmenopausal women
Finnish diabetes prevention study
FDPS: goals of intervention
FDPS: effect of interventions on weight
FDPS: prevention of diabetes
FDPS: changes in clinical and metabolic variables
Hazard rate for diabetes and the change in weight
DPP and FDPS conclusions
LookAHEAD trial (1)
Look AHEAD trial (2)
Baseline characteristics of participants
LookAHEAD interventions
LookAHEAD: weight loss at 1-year
LookAHEAD: fitness change at 1-year
LookAHEAD: glycemia outcomes
LookAHEAD: blood pressure outcomes
LookAHEAD: lipid outcomes
LookAHEAD: other outcomes
LookAHEAD: conclusions
Trials of hypertension prevention, phase II
TOHP II: effect of intervention on weight
TOHP II: mean change in blood pressure
Effects of population-based BP reduction
Effect of modest weight loss on cholesterol
Effect of weight loss on HDL-C in type 2 diabetes
Weight loss: mechanisms for improvement in risks
Adipose tissue as endocrine cells
Obesity as a therapeutic target for prevention
Cancer incidence attributable to obesity
All cause mortality
Thank you.
Notes:
Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Henry Stewart Talks Business & Management Collection, viewed April 12, 2024).
Retrieved April 12, 2024, from https://hstalks.com/bs/1277/.

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