Int J Surg Case Rep
An obese patient with acute cholecystitis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and cirrhosis: A case report.
Zuiki T, Ohki J, Horiuchi T, Lefor AK, Shirakata F, Hirota Y, Hirota N
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for patients with acute cholecystitis and liver cirrhosis is associated with increased risk. We present an obese patient ...
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Nutrition
A high-protein diet, not isolated BCAA, is associated with skeletal muscle mass index in patients with gastrointestinal cancer.
Soares JDP, Siqueira JM, Oliveira ICL, Laviano A, Pimentel GD
Patients with cancer are susceptible to experiencing the loss of skeletal muscle mass. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a high- ...
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Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. 2020 Jan 30
Weight gain, but not macronutrient intake, modifies the effect of dietary Branch chain amino acids on the risk of metabolic syndrome.
Hosseinpour-Niazi S, Tahmasebinejad Z, Esfandiar Z, Bakhshi B, Mirmiran P, Azizi F
The aim of this study was to investigate whether both weight change and the background intakes of macronutrient modulate the association between dieta ...
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Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 2020 Jan 28
Associations of maternal diet and placenta leptin methylation.
Daniels TE, Sadovnikoff A, Ridout KK, Lesseur C, Marsit CJ, Tyrka AR
Maternal diet is an important factor in prenatal development that also has implications for disease risk later in life. The adipokine leptin is a key ...
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Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care
Dietary management of blood glucose in medical critically ill patients with overweight/obesity.
Srinath R, Mechanick JI
As the obesity epidemic continues, there is a greater proportion of patients with overweight, obesity, and other forms of adiposity-based chronic dise ...
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