GDF15 has recently gained scientific and translational prominence with the discovery that its
receptor is a GFRAL-RET heterodimer of which GFRAL is expressed solely in the hindbrain …

Objective.—This article defines stress and related concepts and reviews their historical
development. The notion of a stress system as the effector of the stress syndrome is …

Background Not all obese subjects have an adverse metabolic profile predisposing them to
developing type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease. The BioSHaRE-EU Healthy Obese …

Background The main associations of body-mass index (BMI) with overall and cause-
specific mortality can best be assessed by long-term prospective follow-up of large numbers …

Smokers generally gain weight when they quit smoking; this weight gain can lessen some of
the health benefits of quitting smoking. We review the effectiveness of behavioral and …

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tivation LAORTALITY OVERWEIGHT BODY MASS INDEX prevalence BEHAVIOR DIETARY …

The obesity epidemic is a global issue and shows no signs of abating, while the cause of
this epidemic remains unclear. Marketing practices of energy-dense foods and institutionally …

Our aim was to critically evaluate the relations among smoking, body weight, body fat
distribution, and insulin resistance as reported in the literature. In the short term, nicotine …

Objectives. The development of recommendations for physicians, nurse practitioners, and
nutritionists to guide the evaluation and treatment of overweight children and adolescents …

Objective Most smokers gain weight after quitting, and some develop new onset obesity and
type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the current science investigating …