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Currently, children spend most of their time with academics at school and after-school programs as well as watching TV and time in front of a computer, which leads to a...
Joo NS, Park YW, Park TS, Shin GH, Park RW, Kim BT
KMID: 1485448
Korean J Obes.
2008 Jun;17(2):91-98.
BACKGROUND: We evaluated and the mean medical cost and frequency of hospital visits of the obese Koreans in economic aspects.
METHODS: We analyzed 14,198 biannual health examination data (8,074 women and...
BACKGROUND: Resting metabolic rate (RMR) composes the largest portion of daily energy expenditure. After adjusting for height and weight, less progression towards obesity was noted among the higher RMR group...
BACKGROUND: Sibutramine is an anti-obesity agent that inhibits reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of sibutramine mesilate with sibutramine...
BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is closely related to insulin resistance. Adipocytokines, adiponectin and visfatin, may induce the development of insulin resistance among OSA patients. Therefore, we examined the relationships...