Objectives: Adults with intellectual disabilities will frequently experience sedentary behavior and excessive weight, which may cause or exacerbate a multitude of medical and behavioral problems. This study examined a program to encourage increased activity and weight loss in an outpatient service for adults with intellectual disabilities. Methods: Behavioral methods were…
Objectives: West Virginia (WV) is the only state entirely located in Appalachia, a large, mostly rural area in the eastern United States. WV has the highest adult obesity rate in the United States, as well as one of the highest physical inactivity rates. Obesity has been found to be significantly…
Objectives: Although low-fat diets (LFD) have been the cornerstone of dietary guidelines for weight reduction, low-carbohydrate diets (LCD) continue to gain attention and popularity. Which diet can achieve significant and sustainable weight loss in unclear, however. Our objective in this study was to compare LCDs with LFDs and their impact…
Objectives: To evaluate the real-world use of various weight loss techniques and to compare the effectiveness of nontraditional methods with diet and exercise in helping nongeriatric adults lose weight. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of the 2005–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey was performed. Adult, nonpregnant participants aged 20 to…
Objectives: To determine whether overweight and obese inpatients are receptive to weight-loss interventions while hospitalized and whether interest in weight-loss intervention correlates with accurate self-perception of weight. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of overweight and obese patients admitted to the general medicine service at a large urban academic medical…
Background: Interrelations of exercise, mood, and weight reduction are unclear in the behavioral treatment of obesity. Methods: Obese women volunteers with high tension (anxiety) (T), depression (D), or total mood disturbance (TMD) scores, who were previously randomized into conditions of (1) exercise supported by The Coach Approach: a protocol based…
Background: This study focuses on young adult behaviors with regard to spam e-mails that sell weight loss products. Methods: Participants (N = 200) with and without weight problems were asked if they received, opened, and bought products from spam e-mail about weight loss topics in the past year. Psychological factors…
Abstract:Diabetic neuropathic cachexia is characterized by bilateral, painful neuropathy usually involving the anterior thighs, with dramatic weight loss. The cause is unknown. Most patients to date have been middle-aged type 2 diabetics on oral agents, and it has rarely been reported in patients with type 1 diabetes. Most patients recover…
Objective: To evaluate the change in potassium after initiating a low-carbohydrate or low-fat weight loss diet. Methods: Participants randomized to a low-carbohydrate (low-CHO) or a low-fat diet had serum potassium measured at baseline, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, and 1 month after dietary initiation. Paired t tests and repeated…
This report describes an infant with vomiting and significant weight loss attributable to cricopharyngeal achalasia, a rare finding in children. The infant responded to balloon dilation of the upper esophageal sphincter, with resolution of symptoms and return to presymptomatic growth parameters. A brief description of the clinical features, diagnostic evaluation,…
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the association between the literacy level of overweight/obese patients and their weight-loss knowledge, attitudes, and readiness. Methods: Structured patient interviews and a literacy screening instrument were administered in two primary care clinics at a university-based public hospital. Results: A convenience sample…
Objectives: The obesity epidemic is related to widespread physical inactivity in the United States. This study determined the proportion of South Carolinians trying to maintain or lose weight and within that subpopulation, the number who practiced a restricted diet and engaged in physical activity. Methods: Data from the 2002 South…
A 17-year-old obese boy found to have familial apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on routine screening was enrolled in a weight loss program on the basis of the hypothesis that significant weight loss would improve his cardiac status. He was followed with serial dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, electrocardiography, echocardiography, and blood pressure and…
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