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{"title":"The Joint Contributions of Overweight/Obesity and Physical and Mental Working Conditions to Short and Long Sickness Absence among Young and Midlife Finnish Employees: A Register-Linked Follow-Up Study.","authors":"Anna Svärd, Tea Lallukka, Jodi Oakman, Eira Roos, Jenni Ervasti, Jatta Salmela","doi":"10.1159/000534525","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000534525","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Overweight/obesity and strenuous working conditions are associated with work disability, but their joint contributions to sickness absence (SA) are unknown. We aimed to examine their joint contributions to SA periods of 1-7 and ≥8 days.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Self-reported data on body mass index and working conditions, including perceived physically and mentally strenuous work and hours per day spent in heavy physical work, were linked to the employer's SA register for the City of Helsinki, Finland, employees (n = 4,323, women 78%) who were 19-39 years old at baseline. We calculated rate ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for SA periods using negative binomial regression models among participants with healthy weight and overweight/obesity, with and without exposure to strenuous working conditions. The mean follow-up time was 2.1 years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants with overweight/obesity and exposure to physically strenuous working conditions had the highest age- and gender-adjusted RRs for SA periods of both 1-7 and ≥8 days (physically strenuous work: RR: 1.38, CI: 1.25-1.52, and RR: 1.87, CI: 1.60-2.18, respectively; ≥3 h per day spent in physical work: RR: 1.40, CI: 1.26-1.55 and 2.04, CI: 1.73-2.40, respectively). The interaction between overweight/obesity and physically strenuous working conditions was additive for SA periods of 1-7 days and weakly synergistic for SA periods of ≥8 days. For mentally strenuous work, participants with overweight/obesity and exposure to mentally strenuous work had the highest age-adjusted RRs for SA periods of ≥8 days, and the interaction was additive.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The joint contributions of overweight/obesity and exposure to strenuous working conditions to SA should be considered when aiming to reduce employees' SA. Employers might benefit from providing employees adequate support for weight management and adherence to healthy lifestyles while improving employees' working conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":19414,"journal":{"name":"Obesity Facts","volume":" ","pages":"37-46"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10836910/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50162377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association between Obesity and Periodontitis in US Adults: NHANES 2011-2014.","authors":"Ling Liu, Lin Yu Xia, Yu Jie Gao, Xiu Hua Dong, Ren Guo Gong, Jing Xu","doi":"10.1159/000534751","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000534751","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>It is controversial whether obesity and periodontitis are related. A representative US population was examined for the relationship between obesity and periodontitis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2014, participants (n = 6,662) aged 30 years or older and who underwent periodontal examinations were chosen for analysis. An assessment of obesity was based on body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). Estimates of obesity and periodontal disease were made using univariate and multivariate logistic regression models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>According to an adjusted odds ratio (OR) for periodontitis, BMI (OR = 1.01, 95% CI: 1.01∼1.02) and WC (OR = 1.01, 95% CI: 1∼1.01) were significantly associated with periodontitis, respectively. After adjusting for confounding factors, the OR for patients with high WC with periodontitis was 1.18 (1.04∼1.33) compared to normal WC. BMI and WC subgroups showed no significant interaction (p for interaction &gt;0.05), except for the age interaction in BMI. Among young adults aged 30-44 years, obesity was significantly associated with periodontitis in subgroups; the adjusted OR for having periodontal disease was 1.02 (1∼1.03) and 1.01 (1∼1.02) for subjects with BMI and WC, respectively. When all covariates were adjusted, BMI ≥30 kg/m2 was statistically significantly associated with prevalence of periodontal disease among people aged 30-44 years (p &lt; 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>BMI and WC are significantly associated with periodontitis, even after adjusting for many variables, and were equally significant in obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) young people (30-44 years).</p>","PeriodicalId":19414,"journal":{"name":"Obesity Facts","volume":" ","pages":"47-58"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10836934/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71484373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Application of Cohen's Stress-Buffering Model for Weight Bias Internalization in Prebariatric Patients.","authors":"Jördis Kaden, Claudia Hübner, Thomas Mansfeld, Johannes Sander, Florian Seyfried, Stefan Kaiser, Arne Dietrich, Anja Hilbert","doi":"10.1159/000539857","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000539857","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Weight bias internalization (WBI) is associated with reduced psychological well-being in individuals with obesity. The aim of this study was to investigate the application of Cohen's stress-buffering model of social support for WBI on well-being in patients presenting for bariatric surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In N = 804 adult prebariatric patients, WBI, social support, depression severity, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and self-esteem were assessed by self-report questionnaires. Structural Equation Modeling was applied to test for direct associations between social support and well-being and for a buffering effect of social support on the relationship between WBI and well-being.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After controlling for age, sex, and body mass index, greater social support was directly associated with reduced depression severity and increased self-esteem, but not with increased HRQOL. Contrary to Cohen's stress-buffering model, social support showed no moderating effects on the association between WBI and depression severity, HRQOL, and self-esteem.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These cross-sectional results may indicate that greater social support is associated with improved well-being, supporting it as a potential coping resource in bariatric surgery. Given the absence of supporting evidence for the buffering effect in the present study, future prospective research may reevaluate the existence of a moderating effect of social support and investigate whether support-focused interventions improve psychological well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":19414,"journal":{"name":"Obesity Facts","volume":" ","pages":"483-490"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11458162/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141427364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Helpful to Live Healthier? Intermittent Hypoxic/Ischemic Training Benefits Vascular Homeostasis and Lipid Metabolism with Activating SIRT1 Pathways in Overweight/Obese Individuals.","authors":"Xueqiao Jiao, Moqi Liu, Rui Li, Jialu Li, Lu Wang, Guowei Niu, Liming Wang, Xunming Ji, Chunmei Lv, Xiuhai Guo","doi":"10.1159/000536093","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000536093","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The present study aimed to investigate whether and how normobaric intermittent hypoxic training (IHT) or remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) plus normoxic training (RNT) has a synergistic protective effect on lipid metabolism and vascular function compared with normoxic training (NT) in overweight or obese adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 37 overweight or obese adults (36.03 ± 10.48 years) were randomly assigned to 3 groups: NT group (exercise intervention in normoxia), IHT group (exercise intervention in normobaric hypoxic chamber), and RNT group (exercise intervention in normoxia + RIPC twice daily). All participants carried out the same 1-h exercise intervention for a total of 4 weeks, 5 days per week. Physical fitness parameters were evaluated at pre- and postexercise intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After training, all three groups had a significantly decreased body mass index (p &lt; 0.05). The IHT group had reduced body fat percentage, visceral fat mass (p &lt; 0.05), blood pressure (p &lt; 0.01), left ankle-brachial index (ABI), maximal heart rate (HRmax) (p &lt; 0.05), expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) (p &lt; 0.01) and increased expression of SIRT1 (p &lt; 0.05), VEGF (p &lt; 0.01). The RNT group had lowered waist-to-hip ratio, visceral fat mass, blood pressure (p &lt; 0.05), and HRmax (p &lt; 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>IHT could effectively reduce visceral fat mass and improve vascular elasticity in overweight or obese individuals than pure NT with the activation of SIRT1-related pathways. And RNT also produced similar benefits on body composition and vascular function, which were weaker than those of IHT but stronger than NT. Given the convenience and economy of RNT, both intermittent hypoxic and ischemic training have the potential to be successful health promotion strategies for the overweight/obese population.</p>","PeriodicalId":19414,"journal":{"name":"Obesity Facts","volume":" ","pages":"131-144"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10987187/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139378022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"31st European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2024).","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000538577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000538577","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>book of 31st European Congress on Obesity.</p>","PeriodicalId":19414,"journal":{"name":"Obesity Facts","volume":"17 Suppl 1 ","pages":"7-515"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142400884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Weight Stigma in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Laura Ann Eggerichs, Oliver W A Wilson, John E Chaplin, Ximena Ramos Salas","doi":"10.1159/000536554","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000536554","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Being stigmatized because of one's weight can pose physical, mental, and social challenges. While weight stigma and its consequences are established throughout Europe, North America, and Australasia, less is known about weight stigma in other regions. The objective of this study was to identify the extent and focus of weight stigma research in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A scoping review of weight stigma research in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa was conducted. SCOPUS and PsychINFO databases were searched, and weight stigma experts were contacted to identify relevant literature. Sources were classified based on country/region, population, setting, and category of weight stigma researched.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 130 sources were identified from 33 countries and territories. Results indicate that weight stigma has been investigated across populations and settings, mainly focusing on manifestations of weight stigma through experiences, practices, drivers, and personal outcomes of these manifestations.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Weight stigma is a developing global health concern not restricted to Europe, North America, and Australasia. The extent and focus of weight stigma research in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa vary between countries and regions leaving several research gaps that require further investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19414,"journal":{"name":"Obesity Facts","volume":" ","pages":"217-226"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11149978/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139692560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Erratum.","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000540653","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000540653","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19414,"journal":{"name":"Obesity Facts","volume":" ","pages":"551"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11612414/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142000474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perspective: Do Scientists Become Part of the Obesity Problem?","authors":"Manfred J Müller, Anja Bosy-Westphal, Jonathan C K Wells","doi":"10.1159/000539136","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000539136","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obesity is fundamentally a condition where physiology and behavior of individuals meet the environment, and the emerging global obesity pandemic reflects the contribution of a wide range of cultural, societal, economic and systemic driving forces. Today, different areas of obesity research are relatively separated from each other in discrete silos, with biomedical research determining most of our understanding and solution strategies. This has led to the Y in the road, which means the questionable assumption that effective drug treatment of individual patients is also an effective measure to improve population health. Since human obesity is a condition of population health and planetary impact a better integration of biomedical and public health approaches is based on critical (self-)reflection and communicative understanding of scientists from various research areas who should be on an equal footing.</p>","PeriodicalId":19414,"journal":{"name":"Obesity Facts","volume":" ","pages":"325-328"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11299962/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140853766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association between Body Mass Index and Early Renal Function after Kidney Transplantation: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Study.","authors":"Shaopeng Ming, Chunrong Zeng, Haiming Wen, Zhaoyu Li, Hongtao Liu, Ke Qin","doi":"10.1159/000539339","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000539339","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The relationship between BMI and early renal function recovery after kidney transplantation is important due to the rising global obesity rates.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective study on 320 patients who received allograft kidney transplantation at Guangxi Medical University Hospital explored the BMI-kidney function relationship using various statistical methods. Mendelian randomization (MR) was also employed to investigate causality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Based on the univariate analysis, multivariate linear regression models, and trend analysis, it was found that there were significant positive correlations between BMI and creatinine, urea, and cystatin C on the 7th day after kidney transplantation (p &lt; 0.05). The sensitivity analysis further confirmed these correlations in different gender stratification, adolescents, and adults. However, the positive correlation with cystatin C was only significant in males. Additionally, after conducting smooth curve fitting analysis and threshold saturation analysis, it was revealed that the negative correlation between early renal function recovery was most significant when BMI was between 22.0 and 25.5 kg/m2, and early postoperative renal function may be optimal when BMI was at 22.2 kg/m2. Finally, the MR analysis confirmed a causal relationship between BMI and renal failure, as indicated by the IVW method (p = 0.003), as well as the weighted median estimator (p = 0.004).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study on kidney transplant patients found that maintaining a BMI within the range of 22.0-25.5 kg/m2, with an optimal BMI of 22.2 kg/m2, improves early renal function recovery. This correlation holds true for different age-groups and genders. Monitoring and controlling BMI in high-risk patients can enhance post-transplantation renal function.</p>","PeriodicalId":19414,"journal":{"name":"Obesity Facts","volume":" ","pages":"459-472"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11458165/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140945570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"High Risk of Acute Kidney Failure in Kidney Transplant Recipients Early after Bariatric Surgery.","authors":"Karine Moreau, Lionel Couzi, Hannah Kaminski, Pierre Merville, Maud Monsaingeon-Henry, Emilie Pupier, Caroline Gronnier, Blandine Gatta-Cherifi","doi":"10.1159/000533710","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000533710","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bariatric surgery is routinely proposed to patients suffering from obesity including kidney transplant recipients. In this specific population, bariatric surgery has a positive impact in long-term outcomes in terms of patient and graft survival. We report here the cases of 4 patients with five post-kidney transplantation bariatric surgeries who experimented acute renal injury early after surgery. Creatinine rising occurred between day 14 and day 20 after surgery. In all cases, it was due to dehydration leading to a pre-renal acute renal failure. The specific care of kidney transplanted patients is discussed: single kidney associated with pre-existing altered kidney function associated with concomitant use of nephrotoxic drugs. Specific education intervention before surgery associated with careful early management of hydration after surgery is mandatory for these patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":19414,"journal":{"name":"Obesity Facts","volume":" ","pages":"98-102"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10836936/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138478261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}