Fasting insulin and c‐reactive protein confound the association between mortality and body
mass index. An increase in fat mass may mediate the associations between …

Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) represent important comorbidities of the
metabolic syndrome, which are associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) …

The pleiotropic chemokine chemerin is involved in multiple processes in metabolism and
inflammation. The present study aimed to elucidate its regulation in morbid obesity and …

Allocation of morbidly obese patients to either conservative therapy options—such as
lifestyle intervention and/or low-calorie diet (LCD)—or to bariatric surgery—preferably …

To date lifestyle intervention is the only proven therapy to treat nonalcoholic fatty liver
disease (NAFLD). In this study, we retrospectively analyze the influence of a structured …