Abstract Purpose of Review Obesity is a heterogeneous condition, yet sex/gender is rarely
considered in the prevention or clinical care of this disease. This review examined and …

Purpose: to present clinical guidelines for exercise therapy in depressed patients derived
from recent meta-analyses. Method: four meta-analyses on effects of physical exercise on …

Objectives To compare the odds of depression in obese and overweight children with that in
normal-weight children in the community. Design Systematic review and random-effect meta …

Background Clinical depression (including major depression, dysthymia, and unspecified
depression) is common in children and adolescents with obesity and overweight. The …

Several nutrition, food and dietary compounds have been suggested to be involved in the
onset and maintenance of depressive disorders and in the severity of depressive symptoms …

Even as obesity rates reach new highs, the social stigmatization of obesity seems to be
strengthening and globalizing. This review identifies at least four mechanisms by which a …

4. Dr. Gregory Kaltsas MD FRCP (Lon) is a Professor in General Medicine and
Endocrinology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He was …

Maternal depression increases risk of adverse perinatal outcomes, and recent evidence
suggests that body image may play an important role in depression. This systematic review …

Background Overweight and obesity impose a significant health burden in Australia,
predominantly the middle-aged and older adults. Studies of the association between obesity …

Abstract Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) is a 17 amino acid peptide that was deorphanized
in 1995. The generation of specific agonists, antagonists and receptor deficient mice and …