[HTML][HTML] COVID-19: emergence, spread, possible treatments, and global burden

R Keni, A Alexander, PG Nayak, J Mudgal… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Coronavirus (CoV) is a large family of viruses known to cause illnesses ranging from the
common cold to acute respiratory tract infection. The severity of the infection may be visible …

[PDF][PDF] Obesity in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JSY Ho, DI Fernando, MY Chan, CH Sia - Ann Acad Med Singap, 2020 - annals.edu.sg
Objective: Obesity has been shown to be associated with adverse outcomes in viral
infections such as influenza, but previous studies on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Health conditions, outcomes, and service access among Filipino, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean adults in California, 2011–2017

AC Adia, J Nazareno, D Operario… - American Journal of …, 2020 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To determine the impact of data disaggregation on the ability to identify health
disparities and needs for future research for Filipino, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and …

New pandemic: obesity and associated nephropathy

I Sharma, Y Liao, X Zheng, YS Kanwar - Frontiers in medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Incidence of obesity related renal disorders have increased 10-folds in recent years. One of
the consequences of obesity is an increased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) that leads to the …

Prevalence and determinants of non-communicable disease risk factors among adult population of Kathmandu

S Dahal, RB Sah, SR Niraula, R Karkee… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background According to WHO, the deaths due to NCDs in Nepal have soared from 60% of
all deaths in 2014 to 66% in 2018. The study assessed the prevalence and determinants of …

Prevalence and associated risk factors of overweight and obesity among adult population in Dubai: A population-based cross-sectional survey in Dubai, the United …

H Mamdouh, HY Hussain, GM Ibrahim, F Alawadi… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To study the prevalence of overweight and obesity and determine the associated
risk factors among adults in Dubai. Design and setting A cross-sectional survey with a …

Ethnic distinctions in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes: a focus on black African-Caribbean populations

LM Goff, M Ladwa, O Hakim, O Bello - Proceedings of the Nutrition …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a global public health priority, particularly for populations of black
African-Caribbean ethnicity, who suffer disproportionately high rates of the disease. While …

The relationship between early weight loss and weight loss maintenance with naltrexone-bupropion therapy

CW le Roux, N Fils-Aimé, F Camacho, E Gould… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Extended-release (ER) naltrexone/bupropion (NB) was associated with greater
weight loss than placebo in four randomized, 56-week trials. The association of NB with …

Obesity in Chinese patients with chronic schizophrenia: Prevalence, clinical correlates and relationship with cognitive deficits

Y Tian, D Liu, D Wang, J Wang, H Xu, Q Dai… - Schizophrenia …, 2020 - Elsevier
The prevalence of obesity in schizophrenia patients is high, especially in chronic and
medicated patients. Few studies have explored the relationships between obesity, cognition …

Perceptions of dietary intake amongst Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups in high-income countries: a systematic review of qualitative literature

AS Ojo, LA Nnyanzi, EL Giles, LJ Ells, O Awolaran… - BMC nutrition, 2023 - Springer
Background Minority ethnic groups are a fast-growing population in many high-income
countries, partly due to the increasing population of immigrants and second-generation …