Food Addiction and Alcohol Use Prior to Bariatric SurgeryAbstract:Aims: In individuals prior to bariatric surgery, the prevalence rates of food addiction (FA), alcohol-related disorder, anxiety and depressive ...
Food Addiction: Mechanisms of Addiction underlying Eating and Weight DisordersAbstract:Aims: Diagnostic criteria for food addiction (FA) were proposed with the development of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) ...
Neural Cue-Reactivity in Obesity: A Narrative ReviewAbstract:Aims: Obesity is highly prevalent and associated with a number of secondary diseases and an increased risk of mortality. In this context, the ...
Alcohol and the Bariatric Patient: When One Drink Becomes Two DrinksAbstract. Moderate consumption of alcohol is a risk factor for weight gain and obesity. Alcohol affects all components of the energy balance. ...
Development and prevention of eating disorders and obesity among children and adolecentsAbstract. Eating disorders (EDs) and obesity constitute important health disorders, which may result in severe and persistent ...
Comprehensive Treatment of Obesity in Childhood and AdolescenceAbstract. Obesity in childhood and adolescence presents a complex challenge. Early recognition by general practitioners is now important. In Switzerland, the ...
Abstract. Summary: The prevalence of obesity is increasing world-wide. Obesity is associated with a plethora of metabolic and clinical constraints, which result in a higher risk for the development of cardiovascular ...
Lipedema: Which Etiological Pathways?Abstract. The pathogenesis and epidemiology of lipedema are uncertain, and its diagnosis often delayed. Lipedema almost exclusively affects women, and a link to sex hormones is likely. ...
«Food Addiction» as a Possible Risk Factor for ObesityAbstract. The prevalence rates of overweight and obesity are, internationally as well as in Switzerland, increasing in recent years. The neurobiology tries to explore an improved understanding of the ...
Fructose Consumption and the Metabolic Syndrome: Association or Causality?Abstract. Fructose consumption has increased significantly during the past decades – in particular by using added sugar in food and beverages, either sugars containing free ...
Health Status of Young Men in Switzerland: Monitoring Results from ConscriptionAbstract. Due to their representativeness and consistent measurement standards the medical und sports data of the Swiss conscripts provide a valuable basis for a continuous ...
Greater body fatness was found to be a risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer (BC); furthermore this factor appears to be associated with poor prognosis. These findings were tested by analyzing 1459 patients whose cases were recorded in the Basler ...
The origins of obesity can be traced back at least 25 000 years. In the Stone Age, in the Middle Ages, and in the 17th century overweight indicated prosperty, power, and fertility, but already Hippocrates described obesity as a disease in the Antique. The ...
Diabetes mellitus type 2 is a chronic disease with increasing prevalence in western society. Obesity represents a well established risk factor for the development of diabetes mellitus type 2. Several studies on surgical procedures for the treatment of ...
Conditions for success in a lifestyle intervention weight-reduction programme for overweight or obese children and adolescentsObjective: To analyze whether caregiver and family characteristics predict success in a family-based lifestyle intervention ...
Es werden die Einsatzmöglichkeiten der Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (Movement ABC-2) zur Einschätzung motorischer Leistungsdefizite bei adipösen Jugendlichen im Alter von 11;0–16;11 Jahren untersucht. Insgesamt wurden 84 Jugendliche, die zur ...
Obesity is defined as pathologic increase of body fat leading to an increased health risk. Obesity therapy should be initiated if the body mass index is higher than 30 kg/m² or if consecutive diseases occur. In cases in which a weight reduction of at ...
Zusammenfassung:Fragestellung: Zahlreiche Elternbefragungen belegen, dass übergewichtige Kinder neben somatischen Folgen vielfältigen psychosozialen Belastungen ausgesetzt sind. Standardisierte Interviews zur Erhebung klinischer Diagnosen nach DSM-IV an ...The mental status of overweight childrenSummary:Objective: Numerous studies based on parent questionnaires reveal that obese children are subject to both physical and psychosocial strains. Children are not included as informants in the assessment ...
The endocannabinoid system is a physiological system, which is responsible for the control of glucose and lipidmetabolism, as well as for the regulation of the body weight. The endocannabinoid receptors are distributed both in the central and peripher ...
Overweight and obesity are the most important modulators in the development of chronic diseases. Body weight status in adulthood is often already determined in childhood and adolescence. In this study we evaluate possible threats and the prevalence of ...