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Obesity is increasing in industrialized countries. It seems to be more than just a burden of physical overweight since obesity is closely associated with increased incidence of chronic diseases, such...
BACKGROUND: Medical research is changing to rapidly and more complicated way. It needs huge amount of academical and economical supports, too. Before we design new medical research, we have to...
BACKGROUND: The importance of moderate weight reduction in obese patients, associated with a marked risk reduction of cardiovascular disease, has been emphasized. Orlistat is an anti-obesity drug which has a...
BACKGROUND: Weight reduction affects the heart rate variability (HRV). It is possible that repeated weight reduction (weight cycling) decrease HRV more than single one. We investigated the effects of weight...
Chon S, Rhee SY, Oh S, Kim SW, Kim JW, Kim YS, Woo JT
KMID: 1769122
Korean J Obes.
2006 Sep;15(3):146-158.
BACKGROUND: The development of type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterized by both an impaired beta-cell function and increased insulin resistance. Obesity may cause insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance and T2DM....