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National Weight Control Registry. The National Weight Control Registry is a research study that includes people (18 years or older) who have lost at least 13.6 kg (30 lbs) of weight and kept it off for at least one year. There are currently over 10,000 members enrolled in the study, making it perhaps the largest study of weight loss ever conducted.
Diagram of the medical complications of obesity, from the US CDC. Proponents claim that evidence from certain scientific studies has provided some rationale for a shift in focus in health management from weight loss to a weight-neutral approach in individuals who have a high risk of type 2 diabetes and/or symptoms of cardiovascular disease, and that a weight-inclusive approach focusing on ...
Management of obesity can include lifestyle changes, medications, or surgery. Although many studies have sought effective interventions, there is currently no evidence-based, well-defined, and efficient intervention to prevent obesity. [1] Treatment for obesity often consists of weight loss via healthy nutrition and increasing physical exercise.
Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, [ 8][ 9][ 10] in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can potentially have negative effects on health. People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height—is over 30 kg / m 2 ...
Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic, Zepbound May Reduce Cancer Risks, Studies Suggest. GLP-1 agonists, drugs like Novo Nordisk A/S’s (NYSE: NVO) Ozempic, Wegovy, and Eli Lilly And Co’s (NYSE: LLY ...
Worldviews Evid.-Based Nurs. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing is a bimonthly peer-reviewed nursing journal covering research on nursing practice. It is published by Wiley and was established in 1993 as The Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing. The founding editors-in-chief were Donna Knauth and Jacqueline Fawcett.
t. e. Social stigma of obesity is bias or discriminatory behaviors targeted at overweight and obese individuals because of their weight and a high body fat percentage. [ 1][ 2] Such social stigmas can span one's entire life, as long as excess weight is present, starting from a young age and lasting into adulthood. [ 3]
Nursing research. Nursing research is research that provides evidence used to support nursing practices. Nursing, as an evidence-based area of practice, has been developing since the time of Florence Nightingale to the present day, where many nurses now work as researchers based in universities as well as in the health care setting. [citation ...