Browsing by Subject "Obesity"
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Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents: Time Differences and Component Analysis
(3/28/2008)Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) describes a cluster of characteristics associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Researchers adapted adult criteria to develop cutoffs for adolescents. Purposes of this ... -
PROVIDER WEIGHT BIAS: EXPEREINCES OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE CANCER SURVIVORS
(2016)Declared a disease by the AMA in 2013, obesity claims the lives of over 2.8 million people annually in the U.S. Mounting evidence indicates weight bias is encountered in the interactions with health care professionals; ... -
Therapeutic interventions for patients with congestive heart failure
(2001)Cardiac disease is the number one cause of death .among adult Americans. In 1998, 459,841 individuals died of coronary heart disease and 7,300,000 suffered a heart attack. Every 29 seconds an American will suffer a coronary ...