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  1. Approximately 1 in 5 pregnant women in the United Kingdom are obese. In addition to being associated generally with poor health, obesity is known to be a contributing factor to pregnancy and birth complication...

    Authors: Elinor John, Dunla M Cassidy, Rebecca Playle, Karen Jewell, David Cohen, Donna Duncan, Robert G Newcombe, Monica Busse, Eleri Owen-Jones, Nefyn Williams, Mirella Longo, Amanda Avery and Sharon A Simpson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:439
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  2. Data were combined from two 12-month community-based DPP-GLB trials among overweight/obese individuals with prediabetes and/or metabolic syndrome. We evaluated change in weight (kilograms and percent) and activit...

    Authors: Susan M. Devaraj, Jenna M. Napoleone, Rachel G. Miller, Bonny Rockette-Wagner, Vincent C. Arena, Chantele Mitchell-Miland, Mohammed Bu Saad and Andrea M. Kriska
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1783
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. Although age-related loss of fat free mass (FFM) is well known, there is paucity of data on national estimates, and on the differential influence of ethnicity on the decline in FFM with increasing age. We dete...

    Authors: Thomas O Obisesan, Muktar H Aliyu, Vernon Bond, Richard G Adams, Abimbola Akomolafe and Charles N Rotimi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2005 5:41
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. The diagnosis of hidden hearing loss (HHL) in calm state has not yet been determined, while the nutritional status is not involved in its pathogenic risk factors. In utero iron deficiency (ID) may delay audito...

    Authors: Shuai Hao, Wei Song, Fanxue Kong, Xinxin Yue, Xinlei Meng, Hongyan Chen, Yunyan Han and Fei Yu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:953
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  6. Dieting has historically been the main behavioural treatment paradigm for overweight/obesity, although a non-dieting paradigm has more recently emerged based on the criticisms of the original dieting approach....

    Authors: Stuart Leske, Esben Strodl and Xiang-Yu Hou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:1086
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. The prevalence of overweight is increasing and its consequences will cause a major public health burden in the near future. Cost-effective interventions for weight control among the general population are ther...

    Authors: Marieke F van Wier, Geertje AM Ariëns, Johanna C Dekkers, Ingrid JM Hendriksen, Nico P Pronk, Tjabe Smid and Willem van Mechelen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2006 6:140
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  8. The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is highly effective in promoting weight loss in overweight and obese individuals. However,...

    Authors: Bärbel Knäuper, Elena Ivanova, Zhen Xu, Melodie Chamandy, Ilka Lowensteyn, Lawrence Joseph, Aleksandra Luszczynska and Steven Grover
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:470
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  9. Participants will be 210 12-16 year old adolescents (body mass index [BMI]≥85th percentile) and parents (BMI≥25 kg/m2...) with overweight or obesity. Dyads will be randomized to one of two 4-month treatments: 1) ...

    Authors: Melanie K. Bean, Jessica Gokee LaRose, Edmond P. Wickham III, Hollie A. Raynor, Laura Caccavale, Ronald K. Evans, Laura M. Thornton, Sarah Farthing, Ashley Mendoza and Suzanne E. Mazzeo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1484
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  10. Real life implementation studies performed in different settings have proved that lifestyle interventions in the prevention of type 2 diabetes (DM2) can be effective, although the weight reduction results are typ...

    Authors: Aleksandra Gilis-Januszewska, Beata Piwońska-Solska, Jaana Lindström, Ewa Wójtowicz, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Peter E. H. Schwarz, Katarzyna Kissimova-Skarbek, Zbigniew Szybiński, Adam Windak and Alicja Hubalewska-Dydejczyk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:97
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Parents are the key agents of behavioural changes in their children. This fact is as an important aspect of obesity treatment and prevention. The present study aims to evaluate the influence of parents who hav...

    Authors: Helen Andriani, Chu-Yung Liao and Hsien-Wen Kuo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:645
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. The association of changes in waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI) with subsequent risk of multimorbidity remains unclear among older Chinese adults. The...

    Authors: Zi-Ting Chen, Xiao-Meng Wang, Yi-Shi Zhong, Wen-Fang Zhong, Wei-Qi Song and Xian-Bo Wu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:318
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  14. Young Adult Males (YAMs) in rural Australia are poorly studied with respect to overweight and obesity. Firstly, we explored the feasibility of recruiting 17–25 year old YAMs to obtain baseline data on overweight ...

    Authors: Kumara Mendis, Tanya Forster, Karen Paxton, Karen Hyland, Jason Yelverton, Rick McLean, Joseph Canalese, Anthony Brown and Katharine Steinbeck
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:243
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Research on the motivational model proposed by Self-Determination Theory (SDT) provides theoretically sound insights into reasons why people adopt and maintain exercise and other health behaviors, and allows f...

    Authors: Marlene N Silva, David Markland, Cláudia S Minderico, Paulo N Vieira, Margarida M Castro, Sílvia R Coutinho, Teresa C Santos, Margarida G Matos, Luís B Sardinha and Pedro J Teixeira
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2008 8:234
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  16. Telephone based interventions are effective in promoting health behaviours. The use of telephone based support services to promote healthy eating, activity or weight loss, however, are currently under-utilised. T...

    Authors: Luke Wolfenden, John Wiggers, Christine Paul, Megan Freund, Christophe Lecathelinais, Paula Wye and Karen Gillham
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:953
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the years 2003–2004, 2011–2012, and 2015–2016 were analyzed. This dataset included complete demographic characteristics,...

    Authors: Senlin Wang, Jing Luo, Fang Zhang, Ruimin Zhang, Wantao Ju, Nianwei Wu, Jianhui Zhang and Yanjun Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:623
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected people’s daily lives and health. Few studies have looked into the persistence of these changes. In the current study, we investigated to what extent changes in lifestyle...

    Authors: Hans Hauner, Carmen P. S. Blanken and Christina Holzapfel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1199
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  20. Low body weight is associated with an increased risk of fractures. However, the effect of temporal changes in the low body weight status on the risk of fracture remains unknown. This study aimed to evaluate th...

    Authors: Jung Guel Kim, Jae-Young Hong, Jiwon Park, Sang-Min Park, Kyungdo Han, Ho-Joong Kim and Jin S. Yeom
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:948
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. Obesity prevention is a major public health priority. Despite the health risks associated with weight gain, there has been a distinct lack of research into effective interventions to prevent, rather than treat...

    Authors: Lauren T Williams, Jenna L Hollis, Clare E Collins and Philip J Morgan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1007
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  22. The prevalence of obesity in men in the UK is amongst the highest in Europe but men are less likely than women to use existing weight loss programmes. Developing weight management programmes which are appealing a...

    Authors: Kate Hunt, Cindy M Gray, Alice Maclean, Susan Smillie, Christopher Bunn and Sally Wyke
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:50
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. Obesity often occurs co-morbid with chronic, non-cancer pain. While behavioral treatments have proved effective for pain management and weight loss independently, integrated interventions are lacking. The ... Obe...

    Authors: E Amy Janke, Megan Fritz, Christina Hopkins, Brittany Haltzman, Jessica M Sautter and Michelle L Ramirez
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:621
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  25. Nearly 60% of black women are obese. Despite their increased risk of obesity and associated chronic diseases, black women have been underrepresented in clinical trials of weight loss interventions, particularly t...

    Authors: Perry Foley, Erica Levine, Sandy Askew, Elaine Puleo, Jessica Whiteley, Bryan Batch, Daniel Heil, Daniel Dix, Veronica Lett, Michele Lanpher, Jade Miller, Karen Emmons and Gary Bennett
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:305
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  26. University students are at a greater risk of gaining weight compared to others. We explored associations between changes in weight and a set of dispositional constructs related to eating behaviour: motivation,...

    Authors: Paula Foscarini-Craggs, Rob Lowe and Michelle Lee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1353
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Obesity is now a worldwide problem and Ireland is no exception with approximately two thirds of the adult population now overweight or obese. A recent report has found that 53 % of Irish adults aged 50 years and ...

    Authors: Ann Reilly, Barbara Mawn, Davide Susta, Anthony Staines, Sarah Browne and Mary Rose Sweeney
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:580
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Participants were recruited from September 2012 to January 2014 with follow-up completed in February 2015. Most participants were not in paid employment and 60% were from ethnic minorities. 88% of participants in...

    Authors: Hayden McRobbie, Peter Hajek, Sarrah Peerbux, Brennan C. Kahan, Sandra Eldridge, Dominic Trépel, Steve Parrott, Chris Griffiths, Sarah Snuggs and Katie Myers Smith
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:365
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  30. Over the last three decades, overweight and obesity and the associated health consequences have become global public health priorities. Methods that have been tried to address this problem have not had the desire...

    Authors: Monica Jane, Jonathan Foster, Martin Hagger and Sebely Pal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:509
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  31. Body weight and its perception play an important role in the physical and mental well-being of a person. Weight perception is found to be a better predictor of weight management behaviour as compared to actual...

    Authors: Zubaida Sirang, Hassaan Hasan Bashir, Bilal Jalil, Sarah Haroon Khan, Samia Altaf Hussain, Aneeqa Baig, Maryam Taufeeq, Kashif Samad and Muhammad Masood Kadir
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:230
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. HIV programs are often assessed by the proportion of patients who are alive and retained in care; however some patients are categorized as lost to follow-up (LTF) and have unknown vital status. LTF is not an o...

    Authors: Deanna P. Jannat-Khah, Michelle Unterbrink, Margaret McNairy, Samuel Pierre, Dan W. Fitzgerald, Jean Pape and Arthur Evans
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1269
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  33. Longitudinal, non-randomized study comparing online and in-person LCP in a large multistate sample delivered over 1 year. Sample included at-risk adults (n = 26,743) referred to online (n = 9) and in-person (n = ...

    Authors: Ilya Golovaty, Sandeep Wadhwa, Lois Fisher, Iryna Lobach, Byron Crowe, Ronli Levi and Hilary Seligman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1314
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. There is a worldwide obesity epidemic, but lack of a simple method, applicable for research or clinical use, to identify individuals at high risk of weight gain. Therefore, the relationship of self-rated healt...

    Authors: Margareta Norberg, Kristina Lindvall, Paul L Jenkins, Maria Emmelin, Göran Lönnberg and Anne N Nafziger
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:748
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Weight management is an effective prevention and treatment strategy for diabetes mellitus. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of diabetic patients towards weight management.

    Authors: Xiaofeng Li, Yu Shi, Dongqin Wei, Yan Gong, Xinyi Yan and Shengnan Cai
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:922
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  36. Over six years, participants gained an average of 2.8 kg. There were no differences in weight change between those who had experienced an ... life events had a significant interaction with initial weight status. ...

    Authors: Karin I Proper, H Susan J Picavet, Rik P Bogers, WM Monique Verschuren and Wanda JE Bemelmans
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:957
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Weight misperception occurs when there is a discrepancy between one’s actual and perceived weight status. Among adolescents with overweight/obesity, many believe that correcting weight misperception is imperat...

    Authors: Samantha L. Hahn, Kelley A. Borton and Kendrin R. Sonneville
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:514
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Pregnancy is a time of significant physiological and physical change for women. In particular, it is a time at which many women are at risk of gaining excessive weight. We describe the rationale and methods of...

    Authors: Helen Skouteris, Marita McCabe, Jeannette Milgrom, Bridie Kent, Lauren J Bruce, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Sharon J Herring, Malcolm Barnett, Denise Patterson, Glyn Teale and Janette Gale
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:78
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  41. Obesity has primarily been addressed with interventions to promote weight loss and these have been largely unsuccessful. Primary prevention of obesity through support of weight maintenance may be a preferable str...

    Authors: Anne N Nafziger, Kristina Lindvall, Margareta Norberg, Hans Stenlund, Stig Wall, Paul L Jenkins, Thomas A Pearson and Lars Weinehall
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2007 7:108
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Buttabean Motivation (BBM) is a Pacific-led organisation which aims to reduce obesity amongst Pacific and Māori people in New Zealand enabling them to choose a healthy and active life-style for the duration of th...

    Authors: Fa’asisila Savila, Warwick Bagg, Boyd Swinburn, Bert van der Werf, Dave Letele, Anele Bamber, Truely Harding and Felicity Goodyear-Smith
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:630
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  43. Women aged 25–45 years represent a high risk group for weight gain and those with children are at increased risk because of weight gain associated with pregnancy and subsequent lifestyle change. Average self-r...

    Authors: Catherine Lombard, Amanda Deeks, Damien Jolley and Helena J Teede
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Weight-related issues such as obesity, dieting and eating disorders in adolescents are major public health problems. Moreover, undertaking a diet tends to be common among school children and the reasons for do...

    Authors: Margherita Ferrante, Maria Fiore, Gina E Sciacca, Luca Leon, Salvatore Sciacca, Marine Castaing and Gianbattista Modonutti
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:241
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Pain is highly prevalent in adults with obesity, and is impacted by the frequencies of experiences with RD and WD. Further, discrimination against adults with obesity and chronic pain could exacerbate existing ra...

    Authors: Ericka N. Merriwether, Sandra Wittleder, Gawon Cho, Eushavia Bogan, Rachel Thomas, Naja Bostwick, Binhuan Wang, Joseph Ravenell and Melanie Jay
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:2201
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  46. Migration-related changes in dietary patterns and other structural and individual factors affect weight-related health practices of individuals migrating from low-and-middle-income to high-income countries. Th...

    Authors: Jennifer Teke, Obasanjo A. Bolarinwa, Lawrence A. Nnyanzi, Emma L. Giles, Louisa Ells, Scott Elliott, Sylvesters R. Okeke and Deborah O. Okeke-Obayemi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:796
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. ...222 SW members completed all three surveys, achieving a weight loss of 7.7 ± 7.5%....p < 0.001), fewer sugary drinks (p < 0.001), cooking from scratch (p < 0.001) and increased activity levels (p...< 0.001). D...

    Authors: Amanda Avery, Josef Toon, Jennifer Kent, Laura Holloway, Jacquie Lavin and Sarah-Elizabeth Bennett
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1152
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  48. The obesity epidemic is associated with rising rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among adults, particularly in countries undergoing rapid urbanisation and nutrition transition. This study explored the perc...

    Authors: Kufre Joseph Okop, Ferdinand C. Mukumbang, Thubelihle Mathole, Naomi Levitt and Thandi Puoane
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:365
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Recruitment across the five clubs resulted in 123 women aged 35–65 years with BMI at least 28 kg/m2...taking part in the study. The mean weight (95.3 kg) and BMI (36 ... Participants compared FFIT for Women favou...

    Authors: Christopher Bunn, Craig Donnachie, Sally Wyke, Kate Hunt, Graham Brennan, Jemma Lennox, Alice Maclean and Cindy M. Gray
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1330
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. This will be an open-label randomized controlled trial. Two hundred women with gestational diabetes will be randomized to receive the intervention or standard care following delivery. Participants will be reviewe...

    Authors: Karen Lim, Claudia Chi, Shiao-Yng Chan, Su Lin Lim, Siew Min Ang, Joanne S. Yoong, Cammy Tsai, Su Ren Wong, Tong Wei Yew, E. Shyong Tai and Eu-Leong Yong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1287
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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