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 …

Energy intake is reduced in older individuals, with several lines of evidence suggesting that
both physiological impairment of food intake regulation and non-physiological mechanisms …

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of viral
hepatitis, insulin resistance, hepatosteatosis, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) …

Objective To examine the relation between body mass index (kg/m 2) and cancer incidence
and mortality. Design Prospective cohort study. Participants 1.2 million UK women recruited …

OBJECTIVES: Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) include hepatitis B and C
viruses (HBV, HCV), excessive alcohol consumption, rare genetic disorders and …

ObjectivesTo assess whether overweight Asians, assessed on the basis of WHO criteria, are
at greater mortality risk than overweight Caucasians, and to determine whether alternative …

Health, Illness, and Optimal Aging: Biological and Psychosocial Perspectives, Third Edition
shows the continuity and advancements in our understanding of human life-span …

ContextRecent studies suggest that the obese population may have been growing healthier
since the 1960s, as indicated by a decrease in mortality and cardiovascular risk factors …

The purpose of this study was to examine the basic psychometric proprieties of the Dutch
Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) and its measurement invariance across sex, BMI …

Background: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGBP) is associated with a
relatively high incidence of internal hernias (IH) when compared to the open operation …