Update on obesity, the obesity paradox, and obesity management in heart failure

PL Alebna, A Mehta, A Yehya, CJ Lavie… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Obesity is a major public health challenge worldwide. It is costly, predisposes to many
cardiovascular (CV) diseases (CVD), is increasing at an alarming rate, and …

The role of multimorbidity in patients with heart failure across the left ventricular ejection fraction spectrum: Data from the Swedish Heart Failure Registry

D Tomasoni, C Vitale, F Guidetti… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The aim of this analysis was to provide data on the overall comorbidity burden, both
cardiovascular (CV) and non‐CV, in a large real‐world heart failure (HF) population across …

Putting more weight on obesity trials in heart failure

J Harrington, N Sattar, GM Felker, JL Januzzi… - Current heart failure …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To review ongoing and planned clinical trials of weight loss
among individuals with or at high risk of heart failure. Recent Findings Intentional weight …

Diet-induced obesity affects influenza disease severity and transmission dynamics in ferrets

V Meliopoulos, R Honce, B Livingston, V Hargest… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Obesity, and the associated metabolic syndrome, is a risk factor for increased disease
severity with a variety of infectious agents, including influenza virus. Yet, the mechanisms …

Waist-to-height ratio for the obesity paradox in heart failure: is it a matter of fitness?

GM Lin, KZ Tsai, CJ Lavie - European heart journal, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The obesity survival paradox has been observed in patients with chronic heart failure (HF)
for longer than 20 years. 1 Body mass index (BMI), defined as the body weight (kg) divided …

Adulthood adiposity affects cardiac structure and function in later life

L Al Saikhan, N Chaturvedi, AK Ghosh… - European Heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Excess adiposity is associated with poorer cardiac function
and adverse left ventricular (LV) remodelling. However, its importance over the adult life …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of metabolic bariatric surgery in preventing gynecologic cancer-from pathophysiology to clinical outcomes

N Machairiotis, AG Pantelis, A Potiris… - Journal of …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Obesity and cancer represent two pandemics of current civilization, the progression of which
has followed parallel trajectories. To time, thirteen types of malignancies have been …

Low perception of obesity as a pathological condition among Italian cardiologists

A Ferrera, A Battistoni, O Lanza, C Rossi… - High Blood Pressure & …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Obesity is not only an important modifiable cardiovascular risk factor but also a
chronic disease with relevant consequences on morbidity and mortality in the general …

ANMCO (Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists) scientific statement: obesity in adults—an approach for cardiologists

SA Di Fusco, E Mocini, MM Gulizia, D Gabrielli… - Eating and Weight …, 2024 - Springer
Obesity is a complex, chronic disease requiring a multidisciplinary approach to its
management. In clinical practice, body mass index and waist-related measurements can be …

Obesity paradox is still alive in heart failure

CJ Lavie, P Kokkinos, GM Lin - Heart, 2023 - heart.bmj.com
Certainly, substantial evidence indicates that obesity is reaching epidemic levels worldwide,
including in the USA, Europe and most of the Westernised world. In fact, in the USA alone …