… The findings of this study must be interpreted in light of the following limitations. We
acknowledge the limitations of a cross-sectional design in establishing a causal relationship …

… In the current study, overweight and obese individuals had higher perceived stress scores
than population-based gender and age-matched controls up to age 64. However, no clinically …

… In the present study, vitamin concentrations in the obese patients were compared with findings
in individuals not different in age or ethnicity and examined in the same laboratory during …

… between subjects with overweight, obese and morbid obesity and subjects with normal
BMI. This study showed that the higher the BMI, the higher the OR. For those in the morbid …

… A prior study found that overweight and obese patients were more likely to “doctor shop” (Gudzune
et al., 2013b), so our results may underestimate the prevalence of patient-perceived …

… , descriptive and cross-sectional study which evaluated obese individuals that were being
… In our study, we found that 53.8% of obese individuals have systemic arterial hypertension (…

… this cross sectional survey, we observed marked discordance between the actual and perceived
weight. Underestimation of individual … weight is critical for individuals to be receptive to …

… of life observed in the obese subjects of our study. The association between obesity and dental
caries … Additionally, diabetes, which was present only in obese subjects in our study, has …

… non-obese or obese patients with NAFLD. The aim of this study was to investigate nutrition
components and behavioral differences between non-obese and obese patients with NAFLD. …

… in both overweight/obese and lean subjects. Therefore, in the present cross-sectional study,
we aimed to differentiate the gut microbiota of overweight/obese from that of lean subjects, …